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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-31A · Gonzales, LA · May 23, 2013

Date
May 23, 2013 · 16:17 local
Place
Gonzales, LA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N93710
Reported as
Bellanca 17-31A
Reported engine
Lycoming I0-540
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
920 total378 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported loss of power at 11,000 feet about 10 miles north of the Gonzales, LA airport (L38). The pilot declared an emergency, started a descend, and requested vectors to the closest airport. The controller vectored the aircraft to L38. The aircraft landed around 1625 and reported damage to the aircraft from landing short of runway 17.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF POWER AT 11,000 FEET ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF THE GONZALES, LA AIRPORT (L38). THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, STARTED A DESCEND, AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT. THE CONTROLLER VECTORED THE AIRCRAFT TO L38. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AROUND 1625 AND REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FROM LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 17.