# NTSB Accident IAD00LA027
> **Bellanca 8KCAB** · 2000-03-18 · ERWINNA, PA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD00LA027
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20651
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-03-18
- **Location:** ERWINNA, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.490432, -75.079544
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bellanca
- **Model:** 8KCAB
- **Registration:** N2520Z
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the improper entry into the traffic pattern by the pilot of the Piper airplane and the inadequate lookout by the pilots in both airplanes.  A factor in the accident was that radio communication was not possible because the Piper was not so equipped, and the Bellanca's radios were turned off.

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