- Date
- January 25, 1979
- Place
- Sand Springs, MT · SAND SPRINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62972Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0100 79/1/25 NR.SAND SPRINGS,MT BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0820 N62972 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 57, 6985 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAND SPRINGS,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PIECE OF TAPE BLOCKED LINE & SCREEN. LND IN DEEP SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62972
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ranch Strip
N62972Registration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Bellanca 7GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N62972 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.