- Date
- March 19, 1978
- Place
- Kennewick, WA · KENNEWICK, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3ECBellanca 1731TC
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780319006859A
- Case key
- 142741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0553 78/3/19 NR.KENNEWICK,WA BELLANCA 1731TC CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 70, 2091 TIME - 1220 N3EC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2047 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALDERWOOD MANOR,WA PORTLAND,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- MISTOOK ROAD FOR LDG STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3EC
- Reported as
- Bellanca 1731TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.