# Accident 20140427006659A: Bellanca 17-30A, Sweetwater, TX, April 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2014, 15:10 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Airport: Avenger Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4836° N, 100.4453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4836&lon=-100.4453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9759E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9759E-2014-12-29) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,279 total, 726 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140427006659A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 27, 2014, AT 1535 CDT, A 1974 BELLANCA BL-17-30A AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9759E, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, STRUCK TREES WHILE EXECUTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND IMPACTED A DRY RIVERBED  EMBANKMENT 1.38 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF AVENGER FIELD (KSWW), IN SWEETWATER, TEXAS.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN IFR FLIGHT.  MARGINAL VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS, THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, WHILE THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI (KGLH) AND STOPPED IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA (KSHV).  THE PILOT DEPARTED KSHV, ON APRIL 27, 2014 AT 11:41 CDT.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED 1.38 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF THE KSWW RUNWAY 22, AT 1510 CDT, ESTIMATED.

## 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 CEN14FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA219), Apr 27, 2014: Bellanca 17 30A (N9759E), Sweetwater, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate inflight fuel management, which led to a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion or starvation.

## Other reports on N9759E (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920725034279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920725034279I), Jul 25, 1992: Blanca 1730A (N9759E), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion on a crosscountry flight. Forced landing in field short of airport. Did not visually check fuel.
- [Incident 19790129003629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790129003629I), Jan 29, 1979: Blanca 1730A (N9759E), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing rollout. Brakes were frozen from previous use and ice.

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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