- Date
- March 13, 1973
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68507Bellanca 7ACA
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730313006519A
- Case key
- 170261
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0715 73/3/13 REDDING,CALIF BELLANCA 7ACA CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1705 N68507 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 1400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 369 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLUGS BADLY FOULED.LNDD ON X-WIND RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68507
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ACA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Ranch Arpt
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.