- Date
- June 18, 1978
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68535Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780618036769A
- Case key
- 140295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3446 78/6/18 SANTA PAULA,CA BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 391 TIME - 1856 N68535 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 301 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG MISFIRED DURING TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68535
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Paula
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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.