# Accident 20171006016139A: Bellanca 17-30A, Sweetwater, TX, October 6, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5817° N, 100.5022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5817&lon=-100.5022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8234R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8234R-2019-10-05) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 5 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171006016139A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN18LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA010), Oct 6, 2017: Bellanca 17-30A (N8234R), Sweetwater, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during a precautionary approach for landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

## Other reports on N8234R (1)

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

- [Incident 20090920017619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090920017619I), Sep 20, 2009: Blanca 1730A (N8234R), Odessa, TX, Minor damage. (-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…

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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