Incident Bellanca 7ECA Citabria N5054B, Friday 16 September 2016
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Date:Friday 16 September 2016
Time:14:41
Type:Silhouette image of generic CH7A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bellanca 7ECA Citabria
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N5054B
MSN: 1313-79
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Incident
Location:Ravenswood Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Palo Alto (KPAO)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: FAA
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Following a loss of engine power, the aircraft force landed to marshland north of the departure end of Runway 31 at Palo Alto Airport, California. The airplane was not damaged and the two pilots onboard were not injured.

Sources:

http://www.ktvu.com/news/small-plane-makes-mysterious-landing-on-e-palo-alto-shoreline-no-injuries
http://www.kron4.com/2016/09/16/video-small-plane-makes-mysterious-landing-on-east-palo-alto-peninsula-shoreline-no-injuries/_
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:95:0::NO::P95_EVENT_LCL_DATE,P95_LOC_CITY_NAME,P95_REGIST_NBR:16-SEP-16,PALO%20ALTO,N5054B]
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N5054B
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000036354.html

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Sep-2016 01:36 Geno Added
17-Sep-2016 11:54 Aerossurance Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ]
17-Sep-2016 11:55 Aerossurance Updated [Aircraft type, ]
19-Sep-2016 19:52 Geno Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]

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