- Date
- October 15, 1981
- Place
- Rio Vista, CA · RIO VISTA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7615EBellanca 14-19
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811015067409A
- Case key
- 123811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2328 81/10/15 RIO VISTA,CA BELLANCA 14-19 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1636 TIME - 1400 N7615E PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIO VISTA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIO VISTA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DOOR CAME OPEN DRG TKOF.PLT RPRTD ENCTRG WND SHEAR & SVR SINK RATE WHILE CKG GEAR & FLAPS BFR LNDG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7615E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rio Vista
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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.