- Date
- September 9, 1979
- Place
- Hanover, PA · HANOVER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N102CBBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790909030399A
- Case key
- 133026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3152 79/9/9 HANOVER,PA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N102CB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 978 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEVENER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANOVER,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVER IN NML CATEGORY ACFT.DSCNDD AT LOW ALT FM INVERTED PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102CB
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Devener
N102CBRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2013 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.