- Date
- August 6, 1976
- Place
- Ocean City, MD · OCEAN CITY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N11863Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760806027829A
- Case key
- 155520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2361 76/8/6 OCEAN CITY,MD BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 366 TIME - 1730 N11863 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT APRX 100 LB OVR GW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11863
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocean City
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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.