Incident report
BELLANCA 7GCBC crash near Midlothian, Texas, United States
fatal2016-04-081 fatality
Summary
The flight instructor's inability to move the control stick after takeoff for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and inadvertent aerodynamic stall. The reason for the inability to move the control stick could not be determined, because postaccident examination revealed no evidence of flight control malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Incident details
Date
2016-04-08
Location
Midlothian, Texas, United States
Aircraft
BELLANCA 7GCBC
Operator
BIG Q AVIATION
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
1
Injuries
1
Probable cause
Pilot error
Phase of flight
takeoff
Weather
VMC
Source
NTSB CAROL ↗32.4528, -96.9133
Quick stats
Severityfatal
Fatalities1
Injuries1
SourceNTSB CAROL
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