- Date
- January 28, 1978
- Place
- Havre, MT · HAVRE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1116EBellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780128001509A
- Case key
- 143158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0243 78/1/28 NR.HAVRE,MT BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1315 N1116E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORONIK RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORONIK RANCH,MT HAVRE,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- OWNER INSTALLED SKIS.NON-APPROVED MOD.WELDING DENORMALIZED ATTACH BOLT P/N 1-9805.BROKE ON T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1116E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woronik Ranch
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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.