ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35262
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 September 1988 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: |  Bellanca 14-19-3 Cruisemaster |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N7637E |
| MSN: | 4139 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1255 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-470-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oak Grove, AL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Pensacola, FL (PNS) |
| South Bend, IN (SBN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE EN ROUTE ON A X-COUNTRY FLT, THE PLT HAD CONTACTED BIRMINGHAM (BHM) APCH control & REQUESTED RADAR FLT FLWG. THE ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN ENCODING ALTIMETER, BUT THE PLT RPRTD HE WAS CRUISING AT 7500'. AT ABT 1910 CDT (DUSK), THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FM RADAR & THE CTLR COULD NOT REESTABLISH RADIO CTC. THERE WERE NO DISTRESS CALLS OR RPRTD PROBLEMS FM THE ACFT. RADAR DATA SHOWED THE ACFT WAS ON A NORTHEASTERLY HDG WHEN IT ENTERED A RGT TURN, JUST BEFORE RADAR CTC WAS LOST. DRG THE NEXT 3 DAYS, THE WRECKAGE WAS FND SCATTERED over ABT A 1 MI AREA. THE RGT WING WAS 3/4 TO 1 MI FM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. AN EXAM OF THE FAILED WOODEN SPAR REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF DISCOLORATION OR SOFTNESS OF THE WOOD. A MECHANIC, WHO NORMALLY MAINTAINED THE ACFT, RPRTD THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR WAS UNRELIABLE & THAT THE PLT WAS AWARE OF THIS. AT THE NEAREST WX STATION (BHM), THE 1851 CDT WX WAS IN PART: 7000' OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 4 MI WITH HAZE, WIND FROM 160 DEG AT 4 KTS. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X26755_
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
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