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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Midland, TX · February 29, 2008

Date: February 29, 2008 · 13:00 local
Place: Midland, TX
Airport: Midland International
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9533E
Reported as: Blanca 1730A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 249 total6 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

N9533ERegistration cancelled Mar 15, 2018 · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 77-30848 · Built 1977 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On February 29, 2008, at approximately 1300 CST, while on approach to runway 34R at Midland International Airport (maf) west of Midland, Texas, the engine of N9533E, a Bellanca model 17-30A, began to lose power. The pilot stated the fuel tank selector was set to the left wing tank. He then selected the right tank and turned on the electrical boost pump and selected the prime setting several times, but was unable to get the engine to develop power. The pilot executed an emergency landing on a caliche oilfield road approximately 5 miles southeast of the airport. The aircraft touched down short of the road, clipping several mesquite trees/bushes. The aircraft sustained damage to the nose gear strut, left main gear strut, both wing leading edges, and damage to the fabric on the lower fuselage and wing flaps. The pilot and passenger were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 29, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CST, WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34R AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MAF) WEST OF MIDLAND, TEXAS, THE ENGINE OF N9533E, A BELLANCA MODEL 17-30A, BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT STATED THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR WAS SET TO THE LEFT WING TANK. HE THEN SELECTED THE RIGHT TANK AND TURNED ON THE ELECTRICAL BOOST PUMP AND SELECTED THE PRIME SETTING SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO DEVELOP POWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A CALICHE OILFIELD ROAD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE ROAD, CLIPPING SEVERAL MESQUITE TREES/BUSHES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT, LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT, BOTH WING LEADING EDGES, AND DAMAGE TO THE FABRIC ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND WING FLAPS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.