- Date
- October 15, 1984, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Machias, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4308CBellanca 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841015056359A
- Case key
- 35634
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Lubricating system - undeterminedCause
Fluid,oil - overtemperature
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Analysis
About 30 min into the flt the plt noticed a higher than normal engine oil temp. Shortly thereafter the engine lost pwr. During the forced landing in a river bed the acft collided with large boulders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4308C
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC-308
- Airframe hours
- 2,617
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilson Bruce, R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 13, 1984 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- Island Pond, ME
- Destination
- 83B · Presque Isle, ME
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 770 total · 62 in this make and model · 553 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.