# Incident 20180825015299I: Bellanca 14-13-2, Hillesville, VA, August 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Hillesville, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7616° N, 80.7367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7616&lon=-80.7367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74432, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74432-2018-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-13-2 (registry code 1201004, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-13-2
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4-165-B3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,633 total, 1,040 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180825015299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON FINAL TO LAND AT TWIN COUNTIES AIRPORT IN HILLESVILLE VA. WHILE STILL A FEW MILES OUT HE FELT A SHUTTER SIMILAR TO DRIVING A CAR OVER A RUMBLE STRIP, HE THEN LOOKED AT HIS TACHOMETER AND IT WENT TO ZERO. AT THIS POINT HE FELT HE COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY SO HE SPOTTED A CORNFIELD ON TOP OF A RIDGE TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. HE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO PUT HIS LANDING GEAR DOWN FOR FEAR OF FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TOUCH DOWN. AFTER CLEARING SOME POWER LINES HE DID A COUPLE OF "S" MANEUVERS TO DROP ALTITUDE WITH OUT RUNNING OUT OF FIELD. BEFORE LANDING HE LOWERED FLAPS, TURNED OFF FUEL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. HE ALSO HAD THE PASSENGER OPEN THE DOOR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 YARDS FROM WHERE IT FIRST WENT INTO THE CORN. AFTER COMING TO A STOP HIMSELF AND THE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

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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