- Date
- July 15, 1973
- Place
- Pinetops, NC · PINETOPS, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8867VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730715025949A
- Case key
- 189610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1894 73/7/15 PINETOPS,NC BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1800 TIME - 1330 N8867V PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PINETOPS-HEDGEPTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINETOPS,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT SLIPPED,LOST ALT IN LOW LEVEL VERTICLE BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8867V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pinetops-Hedgepth
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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.