Bellanca 7GCBC N8741V

Summary

On 12 September 1983 at about 19:00 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N8741V was involved in an accident near Santa Barbara, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 September 1983 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N8741V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Torrance → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA437

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

WHILE CIRCLING AN AREA NEAR SANTA CRUISE ISLAND, CA. DURING AERIAL FISH SPOTTING OPERATIONS, THE ACFT ENG BEGAN TO LOSE PWR. AS THE ACFT APCHD THE ISLAND THE ENG SUSTAINED A COMPLETE PWR LOSS AND NOSED OVER DRNG THE ENSUING FORCED LNDG. AN ENG EXAM REVEALED THAT THE CARB HEAT CTL WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. ACCORDING TO CARB ICING PROB CUVES MODERATE ICING AT CRUISE PWR OR SERIOUS ICING AT GLIDE PWR EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.