- Date
- April 24, 1973
- Place
- Freidens, PA · FREIDENS, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39880Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730424010329A
- Case key
- 190728
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0972 73/4/24 FREIDENS,PA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 173 TIME - 1930 N39880 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SOMERSET,PA SOMERSET,PA JOHNSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ACFT VEERED L INTO AN AREA OF CUT TREE LIMBS AND HEAVY BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39880
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset County
N39880Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N39880 · 1
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