- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL · ORMOND BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11699Bellanca 7GCBCN30400Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780810024321A19780810024322A
- Case key
- 139455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4109 78/8/10 ORMOND BEACH,FL PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N30400 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 24, 966 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 0 219 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORMOND BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES REMARKS- TOWING BANNER WITH N11699-AFTER DROPPING BANNERS ACFT COLLIDED WHILE PLEASURE FLYING.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4109 78/8/10 ORMOND BEACH,FL BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1320 TIME - 1800 N11699 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 528 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORMOND BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES REMARKS- TOWING BANNER WITH N30400-AFTER DROPPING BANNERS ACFT COLLIDED WHILE PLEASURE FLYING.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N11699
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Registration
- N30400
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N30400Registration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.