- Date
- May 2, 1974
- Place
- Gloucester, VA · GLOUCESTER, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8644Bellanca 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740502010039A
- Case key
- 124294
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1278 74/5/2 GLOUCESTER,VA BELLANCA 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N8644 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLOUCESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLOUCESTER,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- 2ND SOLO FLT.ACFT STRUCK GND HARD ON L MAIN GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8644
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gloucester
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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.