# Accident 20160117000589A: Bellanca 17-30A, Overbrook, OK, January 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2016, 18:35 local time
- Place: Overbrook, OK
- Airport: Lake Murray State Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0789° N, 97.1092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0789&lon=-97.1092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N194DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N194DW-2020-01-03) (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-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160117000589A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SURGED THEN STALLED OVER LAKE MURRAY PILOT TURNED TOWARD AIRPORT LOWERED GEAR AND FLAPS. AIRCRAFT COULDN'T MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND STRUCK TREES WITH LANDING GEAR AND CRASHED THROUGH THE TREES TO THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 250 FT. NE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT HE POSSIBLY RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 CEN16LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA090), Jan 17, 2016: Bellanca 17-30A (N194DW), Overbrook, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and his subsequent decision to circle to the north end of the airport due to a…

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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