- Date
- May 24, 1974
- Place
- Scottsville, VA · SCOTTSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N68559Bellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740524015399A
- Case key
- 201508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1709 74/5/24 SCOTTSVILLE,VA BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 495 TIME - 1910 N68559 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLE FARM STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSVILLE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- INVERTED FLT.INVERTED CLB ABT VERT ATTITUDE.BEGAN TAIL-SLIDE,ATMPT SPLIT-S OUT.ALT 3-500 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68559
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Little Farm Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.