- Date
- March 7, 1979
- Place
- Queenstown, MD · QUEENSTOWN, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N31278Bellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19790307011669A
- Case key
- 79436
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1144 79/3/7 QUEENSTOWN,MD BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N31278 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 62, 5402 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EASTON,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PREVIOUS OWNERS REPORTED STICK ENTANGLEMENT W FRONT SHOULDER HARNESS DURING FULL FORWARD MANEUVERS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31278
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.