- Date
- June 22, 1988, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dorris, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5042PBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880622022739A
- Case key
- 26040
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a local pleasure flt, just as the airplane touched down, an antelope ran across the rwy. The plt swerved the airplane to avoid the animal, exited the runway and collided with the terrain. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5042P
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1121-79
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Weathers, Terry
- Registered owner
- Montague Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 105 · Montague, CA
- Destination
- CA03 · Dorris, CA
- Airport
- CA03 · Butte Valley, runway 34, 4,300 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 19 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- LMT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5042P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.