# Accident 20130107002129A: Bellanca 17-30A, Antlers, OK, January 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2013, 12:00 local time
- Place: Antlers, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2311° N, 95.6208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2311&lon=-95.6208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222EG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222EG-2018-02-15) (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: 4,500 total, 3,600 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130107002129A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED MCALESTER OK BOUND FOR AUSTIN TX. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 3500 ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND WOULD NOT MAKE POWER. PILOT TURNED AROUND TO RETURN TO MCALESTER COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SMALL FIELD. GROUND SCARS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK LEFT WINGTIP FIRST THEN NOSE LANDING GEAR, NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND 8 TIMES BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.

## 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 CEN13LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA132), Jan 7, 2013: Bellanca 17-30A (N222EG), Antlers, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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