# Incident 20110717014699I: Bellanca 17-30A, Zuni, NM, July 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Zuni, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N28057, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28057) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110717014699I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PIC THOUGHT HE WAS REDUCING PROPELLER RPM WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY LEANING THE MIXTURE.  AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH.  THE PIC REFERRED TO THE CHECKLIST AND THEN ELECTED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING 18 MILES SE OF ZUNI, NEW MEXICO.  PIC AND ONE PASSNEGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE.

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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