- Date
- June 6, 1981
- Place
- New Smyrna Bch, FL · NEW SMYRNA BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87069Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 2008
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810606035569A
- Case key
- 125602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1320 81/6/6 NEW SMYRNA BCH,FL BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1330 TIME - 1045 N87069 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 305 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW SMYRNA BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW SMYRNA BCH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- UN TO MAINT AIRSPEED DRG BANNER PICK-UP.DID NOT RLS BANNER AS AIRSPEED DETERIORATED.WND GSTG 15KTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87069
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Smyrna Beach
N87069Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Bellanca 7GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N87069 · 1
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