# NTSB NYC79FA092: Bellanca 17-30A, N102CB, Hanover, PA, September 9, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 9, 1979
- Place: Hanover, PA · HANOVER, PA
- Location: 39.8118° N, 76.9836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanover, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8118&lon=-76.9836&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 29, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC79FA092
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA092

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102CB-2013-07-15), registration cancelled 2013-07-15, S/N 30412, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Registry model: [Bellanca 17-30A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (registry code 1220433) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Devener

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790909030399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909030399A), Sep 9, 1979: Blanca 1730A, Hanover, PA, Destroyed. Pilot tried to slow roll aircraft at a low altitude. Dove vertically to ground from inverted attitude.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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