- Date
- December 24, 1975
- Place
- Woodstock, VA · WOODSTOCK, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N53743Bellanca 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751224040459A
- Case key
- 152219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3899 75/12/24 WOODSTOCK,VA BELLANCA 7KCAB CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N53743 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33, 6352 TOTAL HOURS, 24 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW MARKET,VA WOODSTOCK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTROL INTERFERENCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- IMPROPER STORAGE OF NAVIGATION KIT IN REAR SEAT. KIT BLOCKED REAR SEAT FLT CONTROL MOVEMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53743
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N53743Registration cancelled Oct 31, 2013 · Bellanca 7KCABAirframe modelBellanca 7KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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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.