- Date
- January 28, 1971
- Place
- Jamesville, VA · JAMESVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8815RBellanca 14-193
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159431
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0170 71/1/28 NR.JAMESVILLE,VA BELLANCA 14-193 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 1400 TIME - UNK/NR N8815R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,MASS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- APPARENT INTNTL DITCHING. PLT DROWNED,WAS FOUND CLAD IN WET SUIT.NO ACFT OR ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8815R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-193
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8815RRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3Airframe modelDowner BELLANCA 14-19-3Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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