# Accident 20100428004899A: Bellanca 17-30A, Friendswood, TX, April 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2010, 10:30 local time
- Place: Friendswood, TX
- Airport: Pearland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5247° N, 95.2194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5247&lon=-95.2194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14787, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14787-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100428004899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N14787 DEPARTED KLVJ AT 0957 ON 4/28/2010.  AT APPROX 1020 A WITNESS SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT REPORTED SEEING THE PLANE IN A HIGH SPEED DIVE.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT CRASHED AND HE HEARD A LOUD BOOM.  THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY IMPACTED AT THE EDGE OF A FIELD BEFORE CONTINUING INTO A LINE OF TREES.  THE FUSELAGE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 CEN10FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA230), Apr 28, 2010: Bellanca 17-30A (N14787), Friendswood, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane's impact with terrain for undetermined reasons.

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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