VAN NUYS, CA, USA
N50443
BELLANCA 7GCBC
N443E
CHAMPION 7KCAB
TWO PLTS, 1 FLYING BELLANCA 7GCBC, N50443, THE OTHER FLYING CHAMPION 7KCAB, N443E, TOOK THEIR GIRL FRIENDS ON A FLT WHICH INCLUDED FORMATION FLYING. THE CHAMPION PLT RPRTD HE FLEW FORMATION WITH THE BELLANCA WITH APRX A 20' SPREAD. RPRTDLY, ABOUT HALF WAY THRU THE FLT, WHILE THE CHAMPION WAS ON BELLANCA'S LEFT WING, THE BELLANCA PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY &WENT OUT OF FORMATION. AFTER REJOINING, THE CHAMPION PLT NOTICED THAT THE BELLANCA'S LEFT STABILIZER WAS BENT ON THE LEFT SIDE. LATER, SMALL ABRASIONS WERE FND ON THE CHAMPION'S RGT WING TIP WHICH MATCHED THE BELLANCA'S LEFT STABILIZER. THE PAX OF THE CHAMPION INDCD THAT AT TIMES DRG THE FLT, THE 2 ACFT CAME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF EACH OTHER.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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