Bellanca 7GCBC N4211Y

Summary

On 2 June 1984 at about 21:30 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N4211Y was involved in an accident near Tunica, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 June 1984 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Tunica, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

34.6796, -90.3793

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N4211Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tunica → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA192

1 person was seriously 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

THE NON-RATED PLT STATED THAT DURING A LOCAL FLT, HE FLEW OVER A WATER WELL DRILLING OPERATION TO SURVEY THE AREA. HE REPORTED THAT HE CIRCLED AT 500 FT 'INDICATE'. AFTER SURVEYING THE AREA, HE INITIATED A CLIMB, BUT THE ENG LOST POWER. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE ACFT STALLED & ENTERED A SPIN. THE PLT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SPIN & LEVEL THE WINGS; HOWEVER, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PASSENGER & 2 GROUND WITNESSES PROVIDE INFO THAT GENERALLY AGREED WITH THE PLT'S ACCOUNT OF THE OCCURRENCE. HOWEVER, 1 GROUND WITNESS ESTIMATED THAT THE ACFT HAD DESCENDED TO ABOUT 50 FT AGL & THE ENG LOST POWER AFTER THE PLANE HAD CLIMBED TO APRX 100 FT AGL. THE ELEVATION WAS ABOUT 190 FT. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE WAS FOUND, EXCEPT THE WIRE IN THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE HAD BEEN CRACKED ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY THRU. AT MEMPHIS, TN, THE 1551 CDT TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 86 & 55 DEG. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, CARB ICING COULD HAVE OCCURRED AT OR BELOW RATED POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.