- Date
- August 18, 1984, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Coalinga, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N86644Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840818041899A
- Case key
- 24379
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft struck power lines about 50 ft AGL while on a x-country. The plt made a successful landing after the collision at an arpt about 30 miles away. The plt said the accident could have been prevented by not flying so low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86644
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 679-74
- Airframe hours
- 1,036
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond Morgan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1984 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- P87 · Portland, OR
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,188 total · 880 in this make and model · 5,862 as pilot in command · 374 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NLC, 22 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.