- Date
- September 15, 1978
- Place
- Palouse, WA · PALOUSE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68508Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780915031419A
- Case key
- 139723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2843 78/9/15 PALOUSE,WA BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N68508 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 32, 2536 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANSEN STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEISER,ID PALOUSE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 38 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- GUSTING TO 50K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68508
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hansen Strip
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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.