# Incident 20241117016929I: Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3A, Canon City, CO, November 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2024, 13:00 local time
- Place: Canon City, CO
- Airport: Fremont County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4286° N, 105.1069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREMONT COUNTY (1V6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4286&lon=-105.1069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88870, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88870) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3A (registry code 3080118, https://openairdocs.org/model/downer-bellanca-14-19-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOWNER BELLANCA 14-19-3A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,566 total, 620 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241117016929I

## Narrative

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

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2024:

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE CANON CITY, CO AIRPORT (1V6), APPROXIMATLY 12:15 P.M. LOCAL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING BACK TO THE AIRPORT (1V6), DESCENDING FOR ARRIVAL TO PATTERN ALTITUDE WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AT APPROXIMATELY 6800 FEET MSL APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT.  PILOT STATED  ENGINE FAILED, THE AUX TANK HAD RUN DRY. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS HOWEVER COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE. PILOT ELLECTED TO LAND WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP ON A DIRT ROAD. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMMAGE.

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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