- Date
- June 22, 1980
- Place
- Santa Ynez, CA · SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N171WSBellanca 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800622022279A
- Case key
- 130342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3257 80/6/22 NR.SANTA YNEZ,CA BELLANCA 7GCAA CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1027 N171WS PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 861 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOMPOC,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SANTA,YNEZ CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N171WS
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.