- Date
- August 8, 1981
- Place
- California Cy, CA · CALIFORNIA CY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N240SSBellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810808048619A
- Case key
- 123927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2346 81/8/8 CALIFORNIA CY,CA BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 670 TIME - 1600 N240SS PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALIFORNIA CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALIFORNIA CY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - FAILURE TO RELINQUISH CONTROL REMARKS- NON-CFI COML PLT CKG ANOTHER COML PLT OUT IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N240SS
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- California City
N240SSRegistered now · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.