- Date
- July 28, 1974
- Place
- Archdale, NC · ARCHDALE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8953Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740728021929A
- Case key
- 132553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1847 74/7/28 ARCHDALE,NC BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 12825 TIME - 1939 N8953 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DARR FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCHDALE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT NOT EQPD WITH INVERTED FUEL SYS-LVLD OFF ABT 200FT,ROLLED L NOSE PITCHED UP THEN FELL THRU.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8953
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Darr Field
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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.