Bellanca 7GCBC CITABRIA N5041N

Summary

On 10 December 1983 at about 13:00 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC CITABRIA registered N5041N was involved in an accident near Nantucket, 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.

Date

10 December 1983 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC CITABRIA

Registration

N5041N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nantucket → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA050

Nobody was injured.

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 ACFT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS AND CRASHED DURING A LOW PASS TO OBSERVE AN OBJECT ON THE GROUND. THE FLT HAD DEPARTEDNANTUCKET AND FLOWN OVER TO TUCKERNUCK ISL WHERE A DESCENT WAS MADE TO OBSERVE AN UNUSUAL OBJECT ON A SHOAL. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED AND THE THROTTLE CLOSED. AFTER DESCENDING TO 160 FT FLAPS WERE ADDED TO SLOW THE ACFT. WHEN THE OBJECT WAS SIGHTED POWER WAS APPLIED BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. AT THIS TIME THE PLT PLANNED TO LAND ON THE SHOAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENG. THE PLT WORKED THE THROTTLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE IN A NEAR STALL ATTITUDE THE ENGINE FIRED AND WENT TO HIGH RPM TORQUE ROLLING THE ACFT TO THE LEFT. THE PLT AGAIN CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND USED FULL FORWARD ELEVATOR RIGHT AILERON AND RUDDER. THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND WITH LEFT WING THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.