Bellanca 8GCBC N86917

13 October 1974 · Adelanto, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 October 1974 at about 15:15 local time, a Bellanca 8GCBC registered N86917, operated by El Mirage Soar, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Adelanto, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 October 1974 at 15:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Adelanto, California, United States
Nearest airport: El Mirage
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bellanca 8GCBC
Registration: N86917
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: El Mirage Soar
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Towing Gliders
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3304

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT DURING S TURNS AT LOW ALT.STALL WRNG INOP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3304, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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