- Date
- April 7, 1977
- Place
- Jamestown, NY · JAMESTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14752Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770407015289A
- Case key
- 157990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0984 77/4/7 JAMESTOWN, NY BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 592 TIME - 2003 N14752 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA JAMESTOWN, NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- WITNESS RPTD FREQUENT HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AT HOME 3 MILES AWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14752
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chautauqua County
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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.