- Date
- September 12, 1983, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8741VBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830912048639A
- Case key
- 23853
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While circling an area near Santa cruise island, CA. During aerial fish spotting operations, the acft eng began to lose pwr. As the acft apchd the island the eng sustained a complete pwr loss and nosed over drng the ensuing forced lndg. An eng exam revealed that the carb heat ctl was not functioning. According to carb icing prob cuves moderate icing at cruise pwr or serious icing at glide pwr existed at the time of the accd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8741V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 849-75
- Airframe hours
- 2,919
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- King Observations, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1983 · 178 hours before
- Departed
- TOA · Torrance, CA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,973 total · 871 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBA, 36 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.