- Date
- January 15, 1984, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Davidson, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57665Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840115000679A
- Case key
- 21100
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Analysis
The acft struck high voltage powerlines while conducting aerobatic maneuvers. A witness stated that the acft pulled-up into a nose high maneuver, climbed to about 3000 ft AGL, appeared to slide backwards and enter a nose-down turning maneuver. Full power was applied prior to impact with the wires.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmission
Stall/spin - initiatedCause
Proper altitude - not attainedCause
Remedial action - not performedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57665
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 128-74
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley Dwight Burks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- FDR · Frederick, OK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.