- Date
- July 16, 1977
- Place
- New Bedford, MA · NEW BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53824Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770716024349A
- Case key
- 145997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3174 77/7/16 NEW BEDFORD,MA BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1560 TIME - 1400 N53824 PX- 0 0 1 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 516 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BEDFORD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT 306 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WGHT AT LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53824
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Bedford
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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.