Bellanca 8KCAB N2596Z

Summary

On 18 February 1996 at about 00:15 local time, a Bellanca 8KCAB registered N2596Z, operated by Jake Starr, was involved in an accident near New River, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 February 1996 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

New River, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

33.6810, -112.0894

Aircraft

Bellanca 8KCAB

Registration

N2596Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jake Starr

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Glendale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX96FA114

1 person died.

failure of the pilot to maintain proper altitude/clearance above the terrain, while performing an aerobatic maneuver.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot told the operator that he intended to go to the designated aerobatic practice area. The aircraft's wreckage was found the next morning several miles north of that location. The elevation at the aerobatic practice area was about 1,500 feet msl. Ground elevation at the accident site was estimated to be about 1,700 to 1,800 feet msl. The pilot was practicing in anticipation of continued video taping which was scheduled to resume within the next few days. For this recording session, there were plans to use a ground positioned video camera. In the previous video, a cockpit positioned camera had been used for the recording. In that recording, the pilot had entered the maneuvers between 2,000 and 2,500 feet msl, generally descending between 200 to 400 feet in the course of a maneuver. The aircraft struck the ground in a 30-degree downward angle with forward airspeed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.