- Date
- July 4, 1976
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC · JACKSONVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8211RBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760704025089A
- Case key
- 154845
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2003 76/7/4 NR.JACKSONVILLE,NC BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, UNK/NR TIME - 1647 N8211R PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,SC WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WASH SIGMET G1 FORECASTED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMSALONG INTENDED ROUTE OF FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8211R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8211RRegistration cancelled May 20, 2023 · Bellanca 17-31AAirframe modelBellanca 17-31AEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8211R · 1
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