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FAA accident report · Bellanca 17-30A · Sweetwater, TX · October 6, 2017

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Date
October 6, 2017 · 14:00 local
Place
Sweetwater, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8234R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN18LA010
Reported as
Bellanca 17-30A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total5 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days
N8234RRegistration cancelled Oct 5, 2019 · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 30409 · Built 1971Airframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On October 6, 2017, at 1345 CDT, a Bellanca, model 17-30A, bearing registration number N8234R, hit a tree and impacted terrain in a field nw of Sweetwater (sww), Texas. The aircraft was being operated on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the pilot and passengers sustained no injuries. The flight originated from odessa, Texas (odo) on 6 October 2017 at 1330 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017, AT 1345 CDT, A BELLANCA, MODEL 17-30A, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N8234R, HIT A TREE AND IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A FIELD NW OF SWEETWATER (SWW), TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ODESSA, TEXAS (ODO) ON 6 OCTOBER 2017 AT 1330 CDT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN18LA010Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSweetwater, TXThe loss of engine power during a precautionary approach for landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.Oct 6, 2017 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8234R · 1

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

Incident 20090920017619ILanding · Odessa, TX(-23) On September 20,, 2009 at approximately 1545 CDT, the landing gear collapsed on N8234R, a Bellanca 17-30A, upon landing roll out on runway 02, at Odessa Schlemeyer (odo) in Odessa, Texas. The aircraft slide for approximately 800 feet down the center of…Sep 20, 2009 · Minor damage