- Date
- April 15, 1966
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8896RBellanca 14-19
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0836 66/4/15 SANTA CRUZ CALIF BELLANCA 14-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 177 TIME - 1720 N8896R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA CRUZ AIRPRK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR IN OFF POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8896R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Cruz Airprk
N8896RRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 2020 · Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3AAirframe modelDowner BELLANCA 14-19-3AEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N8896R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.