Bellanca 8KCAB N90975

23 September 1973 · Charlottesvlle, Virginia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 September 1973 at about 16:00 local time, a Bellanca 8KCAB registered N90975 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Charlottesvlle, Virginia, 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.

The record

Date: 23 September 1973 at 16:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Charlottesvlle, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport: Tiffany
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bellanca 8KCAB
Registration: N90975
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Towing Gliders
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Frederick, Md → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3788

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

STRUCK POST LAYING IN TALL GRASS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3788, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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