- Date
- January 27, 1973
- Place
- Dover, DE · DOVER, DE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8296RBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730127002069A
- Case key
- 169547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0101 73/1/27 DOVER,DEL BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 300 TIME - 1335 N8296R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAWARE AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACON,GA PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- LOST CTL IN KNOWN IFR COND FOR UNDET REASON.REPT CLIMBING TO 15500.B-707 IN VICINITY,IFR,13000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8296R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Delaware Airpark
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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.