# Accident 20191123021619A: Bellanca 17-30A, Clear Lake, MN, November 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2019, 17:00 local time
- Place: Clear Lake, MN
- Airport: Leaders Clear Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4403° N, 93.9706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4403&lon=-93.9706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28037, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28037-2022-07-02) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 248 total, 31 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191123021619A

## Narrative

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

ON THE TURN TO FINAL THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED WITH THE PROP AND FUEL CONTROLS, FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND HAD TO TAKE EXTREME MEASURES TO AVOID TREES ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY , IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID THE TREES THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN20CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA026), Nov 23, 2019: Bellanca 1730 (N28037), Clear Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's focus inside the cockpit during the base turn and final approach, which led to a high sink rate developing and a subsequent hard landing short of the runway.

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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