# Accident 20170608006949A: Bellanca 17-30, Bennett, CO, June 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2017, 13:39 local time
- Place: Bennett, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8097° N, 104.4925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8097&lon=-104.4925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7328V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7328V-2020-05-29) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 411 total, 3 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170608006949A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1339 MDT, BELLANCA SUPER VIKING N7328V PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE TO FRONT RANGE TOWER AND EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES NOTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT.   AIRCRAFT ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 130 YARDS BEFORE CROSSING A DITCH LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, IMPACTING THE DISTANT SIDE OF THE DITCH.  THIS IMPACT COLLAPSED BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES.   THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS ALSO FOLDED BACKWARD AND UPWARD INTO THE ENGINE FIREWALL BULKHEAD DURING THIS IMPACT CAUSING BUCKLING OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BULKHEAD AND FOLDING ONE PROPELLER BLADE BACK AGAINST THE ENGINE COWLING.  2 POB SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  WEATHER WAS VMC AT THE TIME.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS AT THE ACCIDENT SITE CONFIRMED FUEL PRESENT IN BOTH RIGHT WING FUEL TANKS AND THE LEFT OUTBOARD FUEL TANK.  THE LEFT INBOARD FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF COCKPIT CONTROLS REVEALED ONE FUEL SYSTEM SELECTOR SWITCH IN THE ?LEFT? POSITION AND THE OTHER SELECTOR SWITCH WAS IN THE ?OFF? POSITION.

## 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 CEN17LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA220), Jun 8, 2017: Bellanca 17 30 (N7328V), Watkins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight fuel mismanagement, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N7328V (1)

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

- [Incident 19871212078079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871212078079I), Dec 12, 1987: Blanca 1730 (N7328V), Huntington, WV. Ran off side of runway. Lost nose gear steering. Electric motor which drives the hydraulic pump was burned out.

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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