- Date
- June 6, 1976
- Place
- Beatty, NV · BEATTY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N86900Bellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760606015529A
- Case key
- 154519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1599 76/6/6 NR.BEATTY,NV BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 734 TIME - 1115 N86900 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEATTY,NV CALIF CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY EXISTED TO RELEASE WHEN GLIDER ASSUMED NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86900
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.