- Date
- December 16, 1981
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N14710Bellanca 17-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811216079379A
- Case key
- 122562
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3387 81/12/16 ANCHORAGE,AK BELLANCA 17-31 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N14710 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 1313 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 158 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRILL FIELD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FOUND NO 3 ROD CAP SEPD FM ROD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14710
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.