- Date
- June 28, 1976
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA · GRASS VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9846BBellanca 14-19
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760628023409A
- Case key
- 154316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1847 76/6/28 GRASS VALLEY,CA BELLANCA 14-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 899 TIME - 1215 N9846B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASS VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEREY,CA GRASS VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT THOUGHT R GR WAS RETRACTING. ATTMPTD GO ARND & LOST CTL. NO GR MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9846B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grass Valley
N9846BRegistered now · Bellanca 14-19-2Airframe modelBellanca 14-19-2Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.
Other investigations on N9846B · 2
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NTSB ERA26FA253Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportGoldsby, OKOn June 29, 2026, at about 1055 central daylight time, a Bellanca 14-19-2, N9846B, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident in Goldsby, Oklahoma. The two pilots were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations…NTSB OAK68D0018Accident · No injuriesClosedAuberry, CA