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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78FTM03

1977-10-25 DELTA, Utah, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8811R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 14-19-3

Year of manufacture

1959 · 18 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19591019

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC2417

Registrant of record

BLOCH CHRISTOPHER P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8811R Bellanca 14-19 None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

BELLANCA 14-19 · N8811R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

DELTA MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004163

Total time

2,352 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

423

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L OUT. FLAPS USED WHEN A/S INITIALLY DROPPED.

Investigator remarks

THROTTLE CABLE HOUSING CLAMP RETAINING RIVET FEL

Cause factors

74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
64/B/27 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
64/B/71 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3537. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3537.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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