# Accident 20010426011099A: Blanca 1730, Columbus, NM, April 26, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2001, 16:10 local time
- Place: Columbus, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2603° N, 107.7495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2603&lon=-107.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6671V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6671V-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010426011099A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19)ON APRIL 26, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1610 MDT, A BELLANCA BL17-30, N6671V, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING AN ABORTED LANDING ON A COUNTY ROAD, 12 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DEMING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DEMING, NEW MEXICO, AT APPROXIMATELY 1555.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS PREPARING TO LAND WESTBOUND ON CARZELIA LOOP ROAD, WHEN A "DUST DEVIL" STRUCK THE AIRPLANE.  AS HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO ABORT HIS LANDING, A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE AIRPLANE CAUSING IT TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTH OF THE ROAD TOWARDS A SET OF POWER LINES.  AS HE TRIED TO MANEUVER THE AIRPLANE OVER THE POWER LINES,THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND IMPACTED THE DITCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE AIRPLANE  SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, EMPENNAGE, RIGHT WING TIP, NOSE LANDING GEAR, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT 4 KNOTS.                                                     (-23) ON 04/26/01 AT 1610 MDT A BELLANCA BL-17-30 (N6671V) OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. JAMES A. JOHNSON, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED WHILE ABORTING A LANDING ON A COUNTY ROAD 12 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS, NM.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 THAT DEPARTED DEMING, NM (DMN) 1551 MDT.  MR. JOHNSON HOLDS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE #585633154, WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE LAND RATING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA091), Apr 26, 2001: Bellanca BL17-30 (N6671V), Columbus, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The impact with terrain following an inadvertent stall/mush by the pilot during a go-around. A contributing factor was a dust devil.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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