# Incident 20161125021149I: Bellanca 17-30, Houston, TX, November 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2016, 22:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6559V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6559V) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161125021149I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/25/2016, AT 2215 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BELLANCA SUPER VIKING AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N6559V LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER DURING A FLIGHT FROM  GALVESTON AIRPORT (KGLS) ENROUTE TO HOUSTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KTME). THE PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED HE HAD DEPARTED KGLS ENROUTE TO KTME AND WAS IN CLASS B AIRSPACE WHEN THE POWER FAILURE OCCURRED. THE PILOT EXITED CLASS B AIRSPACE AND PRECEDED TO HOUSTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. HE CIRCLE THE AIRPORT SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE AIRPORT TOWER GAVE HIM A GREEN LIGHT TO LAND. THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO VERIFY THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 VEERING OFF TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 30 FEET NORTH OF RUNWAY LIGHT NUMBER 54. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SKIDDING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GRASS AND CAME TO A STOP FACING DUE EAST. THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD COLLAPSED WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT ALONG WITH HIS PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other reports on N6559V (2)

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

- [Incident 19821123066629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821123066629I), Nov 23, 1982: Blanca 1730 (N6559V), Durango, CO, Minor damage. Gear down light stayed on during retraction. Gear collapsed on rollout. Left main gear hydraulic pump inoperative.
- [Accident 19780707024509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780707024509A), Jul 7, 1978: Blanca 14193 (N6559V), Ft Huachuca, AZ, Substantial damage

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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