- Date
- July 23, 1976
- Place
- N Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · N ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7629SBellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760723041959A
- Case key
- 154826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2134 76/7/23 N ATLANTIC OCEAN BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 600 TIME - 1545 N7629S PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTHAS VINYARD,MA RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FISH SPOTTING,ACFT CIRCLING IN A STEEP SHARP L TURN PRIOR TO SIDEWAYS DSCNT.ACFT NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7629S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.