- Date
- June 7, 1990, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N50353Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900607019369A
- Case key
- 26788
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane.
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 pilot departed from his home airport early in the morning for a local flight. The aircraft did not return and was not reported overdue or missing. Early the next day a pilot flying in the Phoenix area reported receiving an ELT signal emmitting from the local aerobatic practice area. Search personnel found the aircraft impacted in sparsely inhabited mountainous terrain. Examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure of any aircraft system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50353
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 524-79
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO320E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kindel, Charles E.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- GEU · Glendale, AZ
- Destination
- GEU
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
- 64
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 875 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.