- Date
- February 10, 1979
- Place
- Compton, CA · COMPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N86724Bellanca 14-13
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790210002639A
- Case key
- 137281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0348 79/2/10 COMPTON,CA BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1605 N86724 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COMPTON,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CROSSED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT REBUILT BY OWNER/PLT.AIL CONTROL SYSTEM FOUND REVERSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86724
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Compton
N86724Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Bellanca 14-13Airframe modelBellanca 14-13Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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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.