# Incident 20151022019529I: Bellanca 8KCAB, Waco, TX, October 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2015, 23:00 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86607, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86607) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 134 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151022019529I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO WACO REGIONAL THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A POWER LOSS. PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A PLOWED FIELD IN THE APPROACH PATH. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT INDICATED THE FUEL TANKS APPEARED EMPTY. FUEL ADDED TO AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT TAXI'D WITH POLICE ESCORT TO AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N86607 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760325008299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760325008299A), Mar 25, 1976: Blanca 8KCAB (N86607), Goodyear, AZ, Substantial damage. Left wing brace strut failed,caused distortion of wing ribs. Lateral ctl difficult. Lnd in fld.

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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