Bellanca 8KCAB N377SW

Summary

On 15 April 1987 at about 23:55 local time, a Bellanca 8KCAB registered N377SW, operated by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., was involved in an accident near New Milford, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 April 1987 at 23:55

Classification

Accident

Location

New Milford, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Candlelight Farms (11N)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 8KCAB

Registration

N377SW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → White Plains

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87FA124

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

AFTER TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 16 AT THE CANDLELIGHT FARMS AIRPORT, THE FLIGHT REMAINED LOW OVER THE RUNWAY WHILE GAINING AIRSPEED. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE UPWIND END OF THE RUNWAY, WITNESSES OBSERVED IT ENTER A STEEP CLIMB THAT CONTINUED TO AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF 700 FEET ABOVE THE TERRAIN. AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB, THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A DIVING SPIRAL THAT CONTINUED UNTIL IT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN ON THE AIRPORT NEAR THE UPWIND END OF THE RUNWAY. EXAM OF THE ACFT AND ENG DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION PRIOR TO THE ACFT COLLIDING WITH THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.