- Date
- March 4, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N53805Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31584
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Pull-up - excessiveCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt stated that just after picking up a banner, the acft stalled and started to roll to the left. The plt was unable to recover before the acft impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53805
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 545-75
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Lowery, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985
- Airport
- 34J · New Smyrna Beach, runway 24, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
N53805Registration cancelled Apr 3, 2020 · Bellanca 7KCABAirframe modelBellanca 7KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,613 total · 42 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 13 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 12 nm away
Other investigations on N53805 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.