- Date
- April 22, 1981
- Place
- North Adams, MA · NORTH ADAMS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4131YBellanca 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810422018799A
- Case key
- 126208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0702 81/4/22 NORTH ADAMS,MA BELLANCA 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1810 N4131Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 59, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH ADAMS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSFIELD,MA NORTH ADAMS,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT'S BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL .051 PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4131Y
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Adams Muni
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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.