Bellanca 7GCBC N8745
30 July 1979 · Seward, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 July 1979 at about 16:00 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N8745, operated by Cabana-Roy SEW, was involved in an accident during in flight near Seward, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Seward, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Registration
- N8745
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Cabana-Roy SEW
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Fish Spotting
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Homer, Ak → Cape Douglas, Ak
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2424
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
ENG FAILED WHILE SPOTTING FISH.ENROUTE TO BEACH, HIT SUBMERGED ROCKS DRG LNDG.TIDE CVRD WRECKAGE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 1979 | Cessna 180 | Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States | Anderson Enter | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 1979 | Beechcraft P35 | Mormon Mesa, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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