Bellanca 17-30A N14748

Summary

On 25 November 1982 at about 02:00 local time, a Bellanca 17-30A registered N14748, operated by William Edward Hanson, was involved in an accident near Williams, Arizona, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 November 1982 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Williams, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

35.3691, -112.2609

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30A

Registration

N14748

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

William Edward Hanson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kingman → Flagstaff

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX83FA050

4 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 ORIGINAL DEPARTURE POINT WAS CAMARILLO, CA. BEFORE DEPARTING CAMARILLO, THE PILOT OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR A FLIGHT TO FLAGSTAFF, AZ. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE FLAGSTAFF WEATHER WAS, IN PART: ZERO CEILING, 1/16 MI VISIBILITY.THE PILOT WAS WARNED OF OCCASIONAL LIGHT RIME ICING ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL IN CALIFORNIA AND MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS BEYOND THE CALIFORNIA BORDER. THE PILOT DEPARTED CAMARILLO AT ABOUT 1600 MST AND MADE A REFUELING STOP AT KINGMAN, AZ. BEFORE DEPARTING KINGMAN, HE REPORTED THAT HE WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE HIGHWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE COLLIDED WITH HIGH TERRAIN AT NIGHT AT AN ELEVATION OF 7000 FT, JUST NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 140, WHILE ON A WESTERLY HEADING. ACCORDING TO AN NTSB REPORT, THE CLOUD LEVEL WOULD HAVE BEEN AT ABOUT 5000 TO 6000 FT IN THAT VICINITY AND THE FREEZING LEVEL WOULD HAVE BEEN AT 7000 FT. MIXED ICING CONDITIONS WERE PROBABLE FROM 7000 TO 16000 FT MSL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.