# Incident 20100730041359I: Bellanca 14-19-3, Amarillo, TX, July 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2010, 10:20 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8846R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8846R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-19-3
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 40 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100730041359I

## Narrative

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

ON 07-30-2010 PRIVATE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N8846R, A BELLANCA BL-1419-3 ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM AMARILLO, TEXAS FLYING OVER THE CITY OF WHEELER, TEXAS, AND RETURNING TO AMARILLO, TEXAS WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.  THE PILOT DEPARTED THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT IN AMARILLO, TEXAS AT 0900CDT AND FLEW EAST BOUND OVER WHEELER, TEXAS AND THEN FLEW WEST BOUND TOWARDS AMARILLO, TEXAS.  THE PILOT STATED HE BEGAN HIS DESCENT FROM 8,500 AND ADJUSTED THE MIXTURE CONTROL DURING THE DESCENT.  THE ENGINE QUIT SUDDENLY AT 5,200 FEET MSL DURING THE DESCENT.  THE PILOT STATED HE SLOWED TO THE BEST GLIDE SPEED AND BEGAN THE ENGINE FAILURE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST.  HE STATED HE TURNED ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP AND SELECTED THE LEFT FUEL TANK.  AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME AND THE ENGINE HAD NOT REGAINED POWER HE SWITCHED BACK TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK.  HE THEN SWITCHED AGAIN TO THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK IN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER.  FINALLY THE PILOT STATED HE SELECTED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND REALIZED HE HAD LOST SUBSTANTIAL ALTITUDE IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE, AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER.  AN OBSERVER REPORTED THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK WAS DRY AND THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND SEDEMENT WHICH MAY HAVE CLOGGED THE FUEL LINE.

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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