- Date
- October 15, 1976
- Place
- Fort Littleton, PA · FORT LITTLETON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N526ABellanca 14-19
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761015033949A
- Case key
- 149706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4085 76/10/15 FORT LITTLETON,PA BELLANCA 14-19 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 1200 TIME - 1800 N526A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW CUMBERLAND,PA SPRINGFIELD,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE FAILED DUE TO BROKEN INTAKE VALVE.RISING TERRAIN IN FORCED LANDING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N526A
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N526ARegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Bellanca 14-19Airframe modelBellanca 14-19Engine modelLycoming 0-435A/0-435C
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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.
Other investigations on N526A · 1
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