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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Dayton, OH · March 16, 1994

Date: March 16, 1994 · 20:50 local
Place: Dayton, OH
Airport: Dayton General Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6662V
Reported as: Blanca 1730
Reported engine: Continental IO520*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N6662VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30S/N 30026 · Built 1967 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: instructor failed to ensure student selected correct fuel tank. I was doing a lesson (night) with a student. We took off from springfield, OH and went to columbus, OH, then over to Dayton, OH. After doing 1 touch and go we came around to land again and on short final the engine started to sputter and we immediately hit the fuel pump and checked the full valve and restart procedures with no luck. I took over the aircraft, established best glide, and attempted to make the runway. Due to the loss of power and a 16 k x-wind, we came up short and left of the runway. Aircraft sustained minimal damage and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO ENSURE STUDENT SELECTED CORRECT FUEL TANK. I WAS DOING A LESSON (NIGHT) WITH A STUDENT. WE TOOK OFF FROM SPRINGFIELD, OH AND WENT TO COLUMBUS, OH, THEN OVER TO DAYTON, OH. AFTER DOING 1 TOUCH AND GO WE CAME AROUND TO LAND AGAIN AND ON SHORT FINAL THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND WE IMMEDIATELY HIT THE FUEL PUMP AND CHECKED THE FULL VALVE AND RESTART PROCEDURES WITH NO LUCK. I TOOK OVER THE AIRCRAFT, ESTABLISHED BEST GLIDE, AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER AND A 16 K X-WIND, WE CAME UP SHORT AND LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.