# Accident 20201005020599A: Bellanca 17-30, San Saba, TX, October 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2020, 13:21 local time
- Place: San Saba, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2316° N, 98.7109° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2316&lon=-98.7109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7333V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7333V) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 52 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201005020599A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 5, 2020. A BELLANCA SV 1730-A, N7333V, DEPARTED TEMPLE TEXAS

IN ROUTE TO MIDLAND TEXAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1421 CST, THE ENGINE LOST

POWER. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE. ATTEMPT FAILED. NOTIFIED AIR

TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PROCEED TO LAND AT SAN SABA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LANDED

SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN AN OPEN FIELD AND IMPACTED A FENCE. CROSSED THE

ROAD AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO INJURIES TO

PILOT. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 CEN21LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA050), Oct 5, 2020: Bellanca 1730 (N7333V), San Saba, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N7333V (2)

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

- [Incident 20101018050209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101018050209I), Oct 18, 2010: Bellanca 17-30 (N7333V), Columbus, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft lost electrical power and pilot made emergency landing. Pilot stated he was unable to get flaps or landing gear down. Upon touch down gear collapsed.…
- [Incident 19970823035169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970823035169I), Aug 23, 1997: Blanca 1730 (N7333V), Pomonkey, MD, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot departed concord regional airport, NC, at approximately 0920 hours on a flight under visual flight rules. No flight plan was filed.…

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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