Bellanca BL-J4 N8774R

5 May 1978 · Carrizozo, New Mexico, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 5 May 1978 at about 21:30 local time, a Bellanca BL-J4 registered N8774R was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Carrizozo, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 May 1978 at 21:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Carrizozo, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Carrizozo Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bellanca BL-J4
Registration: N8774R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Tumcumcari, Nm → Phoenix, Ar
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3375

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RECOVERY DATE 5/13/78.WIND GUSTING 50K.

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 3-3375, 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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