- Date
- September 30, 1988, 15:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Sodus Bay, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N74425Bellanca 14-13-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880930042799A
- Case key
- 36237
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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.
Analysis
While on a low level pleasure flt over water the plt failed to maintain adequate terrain clearance and the left wing contacted the water. The acft crashed into the water and remained upright. The plt and pax exited the acft and were picked up by a passing boat. There were no injuries. The acft sank and was later salvaged. Substantial damage was inflicted on the left wing, propeller, and engine cowl.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74425
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1538
- Airframe hours
- 3,042
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Beldue
- Registered owner
- Beldue, Richard J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 29, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 8B4 · North Rose, NY
- Destination
- 8B4
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,539 total · 163 in this make and model · 1,410 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.