Bellanca 7ECA accident near Malibu, CA
On August 23, 2004, a Bellanca 7ECA (airplane) was involved in an accident near Malibu, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 23, 2004
- Place
- Malibu, CA
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 7ECA · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.038°N, 118.875°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040910X01396
NTSB summary
1.1 HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 22, 2004, about 1729 Pacific daylight time, a Bellanca Citabria 7ECA, N53879, collided in mid-air with a Pollard & Huntley Thorp T-18, N7618T, at El Matador State Beach near Malibu, California. CP Aviation Inc., was operating the Citabria under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries. The owner/pilot was operating the Thorp under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Both airplanes were destroyed. The Citabria departed on a personal local flight from Santa Paula Airport (SZP), Santa Paula, California, at an undetermined time. The Thorp departed on a personal local flight from Torrance Airport (TOA), Torrance, California, about 1700. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for either aircraft. The primary wreckage of the Citabria was at 34 degrees 02.267 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 52.506 minutes west longitude. The primary wreckage of the Thorp was at 34 degrees 02.000 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 52.000 minutes west longitude. The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC) reviewed recorded radar data for both aircraft. The first identified radar target for the Citabria was about 15 nautical miles (nm) north of the collision point. The Citabria radar target was a primary radar return. No altitude information was available from the radar data. The Citabria target's radar track showed it flying south on the west side of Highway 23 until it intersected with t
Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout and their failure to see and avoid the other airplane.
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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.
