# NTSB NYC83LA100: Bellanca 8KCAB, N86948, Ashley Falls, MA, April 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1983, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Ashley Falls, MA
- Location: 42.0562° N, 73.3351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashley Falls, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0562&lon=-73.3351&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35175
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35175/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA100

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - mixture control,cable - disconnected (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. HE RESTARTED IT BUT IT QUIT A 2ND TIME AND WOULD NOT RESTART. BY THIS TIME THE ACFT WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 200 FT. A RIGHT TURN WAS MADE TO LAND ON AN ISLAND. THE ACFT LANDED SHORT IN ABOUT 2 FT OF WATER AND NOSED OVER. THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND NOT SECURED ALLOWING IT TO MOVE TO IDLE CUT OFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N86948](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86948), registered now, S/N 147-74, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 147-74
- Airframe hours: 43
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320-E1A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stanley J. Segalla
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 12, 1982, 0 hours before
- Departed: CT24, NO. CANAAN, CT
- Airport: CT24, No. Canaan, runway 3, 3,100 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830423015719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423015719A), Apr 23, 1983: Bbavia 8KCAB, Ashley Falls, MA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Force landed in 2 feet of water and flipped over. Mixture control cable came loose.

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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