- Date
- October 21, 1980
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N99AMBellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801021057849A
- Case key
- 127983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3299 80/10/21 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FL BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1715 N99AM PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 40, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT LAUDERDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WITNESS OBSD ACFT START A ROLL APRX 500 TO 1000FT OVR WTR,THEN ENTER DIVE DRG LAST PART OF MNVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99AM
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N99AMRegistration cancelled May 31, 2013 · Bellanca 8KCABAirframe modelBellanca 8KCABEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.