- Date
- August 1, 1980
- Place
- Shelter Cove, CA · SHELTER COVE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5032GBellanca 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800801037419A
- Case key
- 129946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1648 80/8/1 SHELTER COVE,CA BELLANCA 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 195 TIME - 2000 N5032G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELTER COVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA SHELTER COVE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD GSTY X-WND.COLLIDE W SHRUBBERY NR RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5032G
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shelter Cove
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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.
Other investigations on N5032G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR13CA255Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSan Martin, CAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.NTSB LAX04CA134Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportGroveland, CAthe pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path and misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Also causal was the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with terrain