# Incident 20151222022169I: Bellanca 17-30, Dodge City, KS, December 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2015, 18:10 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7607° N, 100.0184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodge City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7607&lon=-100.0184&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4926V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4926V-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151222022169I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/22/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 HOURS DURING A VFR DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 32 OF DDC, THE PILOT OF THE BELLANCA VIKING BEGAN A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN TOWARD KCVN. AFTER GEAR RETRACTION (AND AT ABOUT 1500 FT. AGL) THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. BELIEVING THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUFFERED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM; THE PILOT TURNED THE MASTER SWITCH OFF AND MADE A RIGHT TURN BACK TO DDC. COMING OVER THE AIRPORT AT ABOUT 1000 FT. THE PILOT BEGAN A LEFT DOWNWIND TO BASE TURN TO RUNWAY 14. HE THEN SWITCHED THE MASTER POWER BACK ON AND DROPPED THE GEAR (HE WITNESSED 3 GREEN INDICATORS). AT THIS POINT THE PILOT NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE GAGE WAS READING ZERO OIL PRESSURE. SEEING NO MORE SMOKE, THE PILOT LEFT THE MASTER POWER SWITCH ON AND SWITCHED ON THE LANDING LIGHTS. WHILE CLOSING THE DISTANCE TO RUNWAY 14, THE ENGINE SEIZED AT ABOUT 200-300 FT AGL AND STILL ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO THE RUNWAY. REALIZING HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE BEST GLIDE AIRSPEED AND ATTEMPTED TO LINE UP THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE ROWS OF CUT MILO IN THE FARM FIELD BELOW. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON ITS LANDING GEAR FOR 90 FEET WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DROPPED INTO A DEEP HOLE IN THE FIELD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND SKID/SLIDE WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING OUTWARDS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SKID/SLIDE SIDEWAYS FOR ANOTHER 81 FEET. FROM TOUCHDOWN TO FINAL RESTING POINT THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED 177 FEET ON THE GROUND. THE NOSE GEAR ALSO COLLAPSED AS A RESULT OF THE SKID/SLIDE. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AIRMAN WAS UNINJURED.

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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