Bellanca 7GCBC N62972

11 July 1975 · Sand Springs, Montana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 July 1975 at about 18:00 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N62972 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Sand Springs, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 July 1975 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Sand Springs, Montana, United States
Nearest airport: Sand Springs
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bellanca 7GCBC
Registration: N62972
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2596

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

ACFT CAUGHT IN WHIRLWIND, COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIR CONTROL.WINGTIP STRUCK DITCH.

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 3-2596, 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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