- Date
- January 6, 1979
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2596ZBellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790106000419A
- Case key
- 138228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0015 79/1/6 PALO ALTO,CA BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1620 N2596Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 399 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 36 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2596Z
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N2596Z · 1
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