Bellanca 7ECA N8646

Summary

On 11 January 1984 at about 18:30 local time, a Bellanca 7ECA registered N8646 was involved in an accident near Throckmorton, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 January 1984 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Throckmorton, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 7ECA

Registration

N8646

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olney → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA114

2 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 STEEP LEFT WING DOWN, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE FLT HAD BEEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHECKING OUT THE FRONT SEAT PLT ON PIPE LINE PATROL. THE FRONT SEAT PLT HAD ONLY 22 HRS IN THIS MAKE & MODEL. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF EQUIPMENT OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OF THE PLTS WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THERE ARE NOKNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT HAD FLOWN ABOUT 1 HOUR SINCE REFUELING WHEN IT CRASHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.