- Date
- November 7, 1977
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA · HUNTINGTON BCH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N86977Bellanca 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771107037439A
- Case key
- 144627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3673 77/11/7 HUNTINGTON BCH,CA BELLANCA 7KCAB CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 147 TIME - 1650 N86977 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON BCH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86977
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadowlark
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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.