- Date
- July 14, 1976
- Place
- Hanover, PA · HANOVER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53968Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760714018649A
- Case key
- 154347
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1787 76/7/14 HANOVER,PA BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 4500 TIME - 2015 N53968 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEVENER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANOVER,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- SHORT FLD LNDG,RWY THRESHOLD HAS A 5 FT DROPOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53968
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Devener
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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.