# NTSB NYC85LA010: Bellanca 7EC, N4308C, Machias, ME, October 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1984, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Machias, ME
- Location: 44.7006° N, 67.4786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Machias, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7006&lon=-67.4786&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35634
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35634/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA010

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - lubricating system - undetermined (cause)
  - fluid,oil - overtemperature
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4308C), registered now, S/N 7EC-308, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7EC
- Registry model: [Champion 7EC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (registry code 21101NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7EC-308
- Airframe hours: 2617
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841015056359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841015056359A), Oct 15, 1984: Bbavia 7EC, Machias, ME, Substantial damage. Engine quit after high oil temperature indication. Float plane struck boulders in river.

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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