- Date
- August 18, 1979
- Place
- Plymouth, MA · PLYMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50548Bellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790818022999A
- Case key
- 134711
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2149 79/8/18 PLYMOUTH,MA BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4025 TIME - 1242 N50548 PX- 0 0 1 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLYMOUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT TOLD PAX TO RELEASE GLIDER,PAX LOWERED FLAPS INSTEAD.#2,3,&4 EXHAUST RISERS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50548
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plymouth
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.