# Incident 20130523008459I: Bellanca 17-31A, Gonzales, LA, May 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2013, 16:17 local time
- Place: Gonzales, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2127° N, 90.9224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gonzales, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2127&lon=-90.9224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93710, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93710) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-540
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 378 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130523008459I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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