- Date
- April 11, 1986, 16:15 local (Apr 12, 1986, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Harlen, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88415Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860411011839A
- Case key
- 40385
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Go-around - delayedCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The acft contacted trees and descended to ground impact during an attempted go-around. The go-around was attempted after the plt over shot the farm field in which he had intended to land.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88415
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78175
- Airframe hours
- 1,110
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel Bean
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 8, 1986 · 159 hours before
- Departed
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
- Destination
- CVO · Corvallis, OR
N88415Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Bellanca 7GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 209 in this make and model · 242 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.