Bellanca 8GCBC accident near Challis, ID
On May 21, 1994, a Bellanca 8GCBC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Challis, ID. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 21, 1994
- Place
- Challis, ID
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 8GCBC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.650°N, 114.150°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01389
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 21, 1994, at approximately 0900 mountain daylight time, a Bellanca 8GCBC Scout, N86980, sustained substantial damage when it collided with mountainous terrain about 12 miles west of Challis, Idaho. The pilot and his pilot-rated wife were fatally injured in the accident. No flight plan was filed for the flight which was believed to have departed that morning from Triple Creek Ranch, an isolated airstrip. The couple's destination, according to friends, was Challis, Idaho. The ELT actuated and assisted in the location of the wreckage. The pilot and his wife frequently flew from their home in California to stay at a cabin at Triple Creek Ranch, and had been there for several days prior to their departure to return to Challis. The crash site was about six miles from a unmarked airstrip at Triple Creek Ranch, and about 12 miles northwest of Challis. A local pilot (and friend of the two accident victims) located the crash site by air at about 1300. He stated that Challis weather on the morning of the accident started with high thin broken clouds, then deteriorated to showers by 1000 or 1030. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The local pilot who located the crash site stated that Challis weather on the morning of the accident was basically good, with high thin broken clouds, followed later by a southwest flow, with good showers in the Challis area by 1000 to 1030, and with heavy showers at about 1230 to 1300. He described the previous day's weather as obscured in the morning, with heavy showers through noon, with gradual clearing to high broken clouds, with strong
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TERRAIN.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
