- Date
- February 25, 1980
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8853VBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800225003649A
- Case key
- 131768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0186 80/2/25 NR.LONG BEACH,CA BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1601 N8853V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 42, 8323 TOTAL HOURS, 25 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED W PWR & PHONE LINES DRG FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8853V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Long Beach Muni
N8853VRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Bellanca 17-31AAirframe modelBellanca 17-31AEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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