Bellanca 7ECA N86706

Summary

On 6 January 1984 at about 20:30 local time, a Bellanca 7ECA registered N86706 was involved in an accident near Monson, Maine, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 January 1984 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Monson, Maine, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 7ECA

Registration

N86706

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sebec Lake → Indian Pond

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC84LA067

Nobody was injured.

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

ON A CROSSCOUNTRY VFR FLIGHT THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS. DURING A CLIMB TO CLEAR SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS THE ACFT STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED. THE PILOT HAD BEEN BRIEFED ON THE DETERIORATING WEATHER PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE RESCUED THE NEXT DAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.