Bellanca 7GCBC N88374

Summary

On 5 September 1983 at about 18:15 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N88374 was involved in an accident near Kasilof, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 September 1983 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Kasilof, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.2799, -151.2608

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N88374

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kasilof → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83FA161

3 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 CRASHED IN A VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE PLT'S PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. ACCORDING TO RELATIVES THE PLT WAS TAKING HIS GIRL FRIEND'S 2 CHILDREN FOR A SHORT FLT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PLT'S LAST KNOWN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS DATED 9/28/78. THE ANNUAL INSPECTION ON THE ACFT WAS OVERDUE BY 7 MONTHS. THE TYPE OF FUEL FOUNDIN THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT RESEMBLED AUTOMOTIVE FUEL IN APPEARANCE AND SMELL. A FUEL ANALYSIS DID NOT DETERMINE TYPEOF FUEL. A PATHOLOGIST WHO EXAMINED THE PLT'S BODY AFTER THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT SHOWED A THERAPEUTIC LEVEL OF DIPHENHYDRAMINE PRESENT. ACCORDING TO A DOCTOR, THIS COULD HAVE IMPAIRED THE PLT'S JUDGEMENT, VISION AND OTHER SENSORY FUNCTIONS. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.