- Date
- June 24, 1978
- Place
- Mechanicsville, VA · MECHANICSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68546Bellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780624018489A
- Case key
- 140606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1897 78/6/24 MECHANICSVILLE,VA BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N68546 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, 816 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANOVER PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MECHANICSVILLE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DISC IN CENTER OF RT MUFFLER SEPARATED FROM TUBE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68546
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hanover Park
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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.