Bellanca 7GCBC N5153X

Summary

On 18 June 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N5153X, operated by Aviation Consumer Services, In, was involved in an accident near Woodbine, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 June 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodbine, Maryland, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N5153X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aviation Consumer Services, In

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Woodbine → Woodbine

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82FIG09

2 people died.

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

AFTER TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY 21, THE PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN-OUT THEN REENTERED A DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 03. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, A CESSNA 150 WAS DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 21 AND A GLIDER ENTERED THE PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 03. TWO WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CONVERGING IN THE VICINITY OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS, ONE OF THE CONVERGING AIRCRAFT PULLED UP SHARPLY, THEN SPUN THREE TIMES BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND. N5153X CRASHED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG. IT IMPACTED IN ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND BURNED. REPORTEDLY, THE ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL UNTIL IMPACT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.