Bellanca 14-13 N86858

2 April 1977 · Merritt Is, Florida, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 2 April 1977 at about 19:15 local time, a Bellanca 14-13 registered N86858 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Merritt Is, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 April 1977 at 19:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Merritt Is, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Merritt Island
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bellanca 14-13
Registration: N86858
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-2551

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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.

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SELECTED FUEL TANK EMPTY.

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 3-2551, 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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