- Date
- April 16, 1984, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skull Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N85034Bellanca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840416013699A
- Case key
- 23950
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had been flown on several local flts, earlier that day. The last known flt originated at the ernest j love arpt, prescott, AZ, at 1600 MST. Subsequently, it crashed near the departure end of rwy 02 at the quarter circle 'j' arpt, which was in the local area at Skull Valley, AZ. There were no witnesses to the accident. An exam of the wreckage revealed that the acft had impacted in a near veritcle, nose down attitude. The aft part of the empennage was bent & twisted to the right. The prop blades had numerous chordwise scuffing & 's' twisting signatures. No evidence of a preimpact part malfunction or failure was found. Rwy 2 has a 2% uphill gradient & high terrain is located north of the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85034
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7QC8759
- Airframe hours
- 2,466
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Adam S. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Airport
- 28E · Quarter Circle J, runway 2, 2,900 × 50 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 19 in this make and model · 188 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 15 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.