Bellanca 17-30 N4907V
8 May 1982 · Santa Barbara, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 May 1982 at about 00:45 local time, a Bellanca 17-30 registered N4907V, operated by Clamar Air, was involved in an accident near Santa Barbara, California, 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
- at 00:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Santa Barbara (SBA)
- Coordinates
- 34.5297, -119.8003
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 17-30
- Registration
- N4907V
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Clamar Air
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fresno → Fort Worth
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX82FA162
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
THE PILOT VISITED FRESNO FSS FOR A WEATHER BRIEFING ON ROUTE TO SANTA BARBARA. HE WAS ADVISED OF WEATHER AND TOLD VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE PILOT THEN SAID HE WOULD GO VFR AND MAKE AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH AT SANTA BARBARA IF WEATHER WAS AS BAD AS FORECAST. HE ALSO SAID HE DID NOT NEED A COMPLETE WEATHER BRIEFING. HE DEPARTED FRESNO AT 1623 WITH ONE PASSENGER AND PROCEEDED TO SANTA BARBARA. HE WAS DESCENDED TO 2300 FEET APPROACHING HIS FINAL FIX FOR A VOR RUNWAY 25 APPROACH BY SANTA BARBARA APPROACH CONTROL AND TOLD TO SWITCH TO TOWER FREQUENCY. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER AT 1741 THE FLIGHT CONTACTED THE TOWER AND ADVISED THAT THEY WERE LOST. TOWER ADVISED THE FLIGHT TO EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE AND CONTACT DEPARTURE CONTROL. THE FLIGHT WAS HEARD ON DEPARTURE FREQUENCY BUT NO CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED. N4907V WAS FOUND ON MAY 8 AT AN ELEVATION OF 2450 FEET, 9 MI. FROM SANTA BARBARA VOR. THIS WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION FROM THE AIRCRAFT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 1982 | Bellanca 17-30A | Browning, Montana, United States | Woodruff Hope Feed INS | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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