Bellanca 8GCBC N50548
18 August 1979 · Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 August 1979 at about 12:42 local time, a Bellanca 8GCBC registered N50548, operated by Yankee AVN, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Plymouth, Massachusetts, 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
- at 12:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- Plymouth
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Registration
- N50548
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Yankee AVN
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Towing Gliders
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2149
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
PLT TOLD PAX TO RELEASE GLIDER, PAX LOWERED FLAPSINSTEAD.#2,3,&4 EXHAUST RISERS FAILED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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