Bellanca 8GCBC N7871S
26 September 1979 · Wellington, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 September 1979 at about 13:00 local time, a Bellanca 8GCBC registered N7871S, operated by Wellington SOA, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Wellington, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wellington, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Waverly West
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Registration
- N7871S
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Wellington SOA
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Towing Gliders
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3314
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
WIND GUSTS TO 45KTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 1979 | Bellanca 8KCAB | Malibu, California, United States | San-Val Flying | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Jul 1979 | Bellanca 8GCBC | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1979 | Bellanca 8KCAB | Palo Alto, California, United States | Spirit of Palo | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jan 1979 | Bellanca 8KCAB | Fremont, California, United States | Valley Flyers | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 1979 | Bellanca 8GCBC | Rosamond, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 1979 | Cessna 180 | Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States | Anderson Enter | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 1979 | Beechcraft P35 | Mormon Mesa, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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