Accident Bellanca 8KCAB N2520Z, Saturday 18 March 2000
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Date:Saturday 18 March 2000
Time:11:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic BL8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bellanca 8KCAB
Owner/operator:Sport Aviation, Inc
Registration: N2520Z
MSN: 336-77
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:ERWINNA, Pennsylvania -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:(9N1)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:

Probable Cause: the improper entry into the traffic pattern by the pilot of the Piper airplane and the inadequate lookout by the pilots in both airplanes. A factor in the accident was that radio communication was not possible because the Piper was not so equipped, and the Bellanca's radios were turned off.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: IAD00LA027
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 9 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB IAD00LA027

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

3 April 1989 N2520Z Carol Grant 0 Manchester, NH sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Oct-2022 04:04 ASN Update Bot Added
10-Apr-2024 20:18 BEAVERSPOTTER Updated [Cn, Damage, Narrative, ]

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