- Date
- October 12, 1978
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N88321Bellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781012035769A
- Case key
- 139039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3169 78/10/12 PALO ALTO,CA BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 162 TIME - 1040 N88321 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88321
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palo Alto
N88321Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Bellanca 8KCABAirframe modelBellanca 8KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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