- Date
- September 27, 1972
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8800VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168806
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3633 72/9/27 LAKE WALES,FLA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 519 TIME - 1920 N8800V PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALET SUZANNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA LAKE WALES,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- NITE LDG,UNFAMILAR STRIP.RWY LITES ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8800V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chalet Suzanne
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