- Date
- November 2, 1986, 18:46 local (Nov 3, 1986, 01:46 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N93495Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861102082239A
- Case key
- 25400
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt & his wife desired to return to their Flagstaff, AZ, home following a weekend at stockton, CA., & they departed sck in VFR weather conditions. The weather at the destination arpt had been below VFR minimums all morning & it was forecast to remain poor throughout the night. The plt did not request a weather briefing prior to takeoff, & he did not request weather from any facility while enroute. After flying for about 3.5 hrs & approaching flg, IFR weather was encountered. Despite the fact that it was an hr past sunset & the plt was not instrument rated he elected to continue the flight. The flg controller reported he never saw the acft & he never issued the plt a clearance to enter the control zone. The plt collided with trees & terrain 4 mi west of flg while descending at a 60 deg angle in a 40 deg bank. Investigation revealed no pre-impact malfunction of the acft eng. Due to the acft damage, the flt control continuity could not be established.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93495
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 73-30604
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Cummings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1985
- Departed
- SCK · Stockton, CA
- Destination
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport
- FLG · Pulliam
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 602 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLG, 4 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.