- Date
- December 14, 1977
- Place
- Catalina Islnd, CA · CATALINA ISLND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5233XBellanca 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771214040489A
- Case key
- 144427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3966 77/12/14 NR.CATALINA ISLND,CA BELLANCA 7ECA CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 750 TIME - 1345 N5233X PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRANCE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- IDENTIFIABLE AUX FUEL TANK LOCATED 12/16/77. NO FURTHER WRECKAGE OR PLTS BODY RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5233X
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- 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.