20061113023779A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-30 · West Palm Beach, FL · November 13, 2006

Date
November 13, 2006 · 11:02 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach County Park Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6663V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA07CA015
Reported as
Blanca 1730
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total1,000 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On November 13, 2006, about 11:38 eastern standard time, a Bellanca BL-17-30, N6663V, registered to and operated by a private individual crashed in a house and car. The pilot stated he took off from lantana airport (lna) rwy 33 and completed one touch & go then completed one complete landing and taxied back to rwy 33 took off and proceeded to fly west about 4 to 5 miles then returned to enter downwind for rwy 33, the engine quit running on final for runway 33 at lna and he switched fuel tanks and tried to restart the engine but was too low. The aircraft hit a roof of a house then power line and a car in housing development coming to rest at privacy data omitted . Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged with both wing outboard of fuel tanks ripped off of a/c and the pilot had minor injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 13, 2006, ABOUT 11:38 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BELLANCA BL-17-30, N6663V, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL CRASHED IN A HOUSE AND CAR. THE PILOT STATED HE TOOK OFF FROM LANTANA AIRPORT (LNA) RWY 33 AND COMPLETED ONE TOUCH & GO THEN COMPLETED ONE COMPLETE LANDING AND TAXIED BACK TO RWY 33 TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED TO FLY WEST ABOUT 4 TO 5 MILES THEN RETURNED TO ENTER DOWNWIND FOR RWY 33, THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 33 AT LNA AND HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WAS TOO LOW. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A ROOF OF A HOUSE THEN POWER LINE AND A CAR IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMING TO REST AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WITH BOTH WING OUTBOARD OF FUEL TANKS RIPPED OFF OF A/C AND THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.