Bellanca 7ECA N5513K
9 May 1982 · Culkana, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 May 1982 at about 16:30 local time, a Bellanca 7ECA registered N5513K, operated by DON Holmes, was involved in an accident near Culkana, Alaska, 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
- at 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Culkana, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Registration
- N5513K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- DON Holmes
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Culkana → Culkana
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC82DAG23
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
DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT DESCENDED TO ABOUT 500 FEET AGL. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS NOT APPLIED. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED THE ENGINE RPM DID NOT RESPOND. ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE POWER WERE UNSUCESSFUL AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED AFTER COLLIDING WITH TUNDRA.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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