# Accident 20150730017019A: Bellanca 17-30A, Tallahassee, FL, July 30, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2015, 02:30 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4094° N, 84.3531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4094&lon=-84.3531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93582, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93582-2018-06-26) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150730017019A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 EDT, N93582, A BELLANCA 17-30A, LOST POWER WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE TALLAHASSEE, FL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON A ROAD SHORT OF THE AIRPORT, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS UNINJURED.  NIGHT VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 91 FLIGHT RULES.

## 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 GAA15CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA209), Jul 30, 2015: Bellanca 17 30A (N93582), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a forced landing on a road where the left wing impacted vegetation and sustained substantial damage.

## Other reports on N93582 (1)

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

- [Incident 20040102034239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040102034239I), Jan 2, 2004: Blanca 1730A (N93582), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Flight originated in el dorado, Kansas and destination was Denver's Centennial Airport (apa). The pilot stated in a telephone conversation on January 5,…

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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