Bellanca 7AC N85034

Summary

On 16 April 1984 at about 07:00 local time, a Bellanca 7AC registered N85034 was involved in an accident near Skull Valley, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 April 1984 at 07:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Skull Valley, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Quarter Circle J (28E)

Coordinates

34.5793, -112.7696

Aircraft

Bellanca 7AC

Registration

N85034

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Prescott → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA258

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

THE ACFT HAD BEEN FLOWN ON SEVERAL LOCAL FLTS, EARLIER THAT DAY. THE LAST KNOWN FLT ORIGINATED AT THE ERNEST J LOVE ARPT, PRESCOTT, AZ, AT 1600 MST. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT CRASHED NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY 02 AT THE QUARTER CIRCLE 'J' ARPT, WHICH WAS IN THE LOCAL AREA AT SKULL VALLEY, AZ. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED IN A NEAR VERITCLE, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AFT PART OF THE EMPENNAGE WAS BENT & TWISTED TO THE RIGHT. THE PROP BLADES HAD NUMEROUS CHORDWISE SCUFFING & 'S' TWISTING SIGNATURES. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT PART MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND. RWY 2 HAS A 2% UPHILL GRADIENT & HIGH TERRAIN IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE ARPT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.