# Incident 20230107000619I: Bellanca 17-30, Mt. Vernon, OH, January 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2023, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mt. Vernon, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3852° N, 82.4749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Vernon, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3852&lon=-82.4749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7348V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7348V) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230107000619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING DUE TO ENGINE MALFUNCTION, IN CORNFIELD APPROX 7 NM SW OF KNOX COUNTY AIRPORT (4I3), MOUNT VERNON, OH. NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N7348V (1)

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

- [Incident 19810314025379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810314025379I), Mar 14, 1981: Blanca 1730 (N7348V), Mansfield, MA, Minor damage. Pilot shutdown engine on landing rollout when it felt like a flat tire. Found right main gear leg broken at scissor.

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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