# Incident 20240405003499I: Bellanca 17-30A, Galveston, TX, April 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2024, 11:03 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes International At Galveston
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2653° N, 94.8604° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2653&lon=-94.8604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9996V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9996V) (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: 865 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240405003499I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 CT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (LVJ) ENROUTE TO GALVESTON SCHOLES AIRPORT (GLS), 28 MILES AWAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES AWAY FROM GLS, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SMELLED SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND REALIZED HIS ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE READ ZERO. SHORTLY AFTER REPORTING TO THE GLS TOWER HIS POSITION AT 5NM, THE ENGINE STOPPED. PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS TO INCREASE GLIDE SPEED. PILOT MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY. AFTER CLEARING THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE, HE EXTENDED HIS LANDING GEAR, BUT THE GEAR DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO FULLY EXTEND AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT 1103 CT WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN. THE LEFT AND NOSE WERE FULLY EXTENDED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE ENGINE OIL FILTER ADAPTER WAS NOT SAFETY WIRED AND WAS LOOSE. THE ENGINE OIL SYSTEM WAS DEPLETED. ENGINE WALL ABOVE CYLINDER #2 JUST BELOW THE MAGNETO WAS BREECHED DURING ENGINE SEIZURE.

## 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 CEN24LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA152), Apr 5, 2024: Bellanca 17-30A (N9996V), Galveston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly secure the oil filter adapter when replacing the oil filter adapter gasket which resulted in the filter becoming loose, resulting in the loss of engine…

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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