- Date
- September 20, 1978
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA · PASO ROBLES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53860Bellanca 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780920028749A
- Case key
- 139656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2735 78/9/20 PASO ROBLES,CA BELLANCA 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 7 TOTAL TIME - 1315 N53860 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PASO ROBLES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASO ROBLES,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 81 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53860
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Paso Robles Muni
N53860Registration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Bellanca 7ECAAirframe modelBellanca 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N53860 · 1
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