- Date
- March 25, 1983, 13:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N28190Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830325013919A
- Case key
- 6044
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a power line during a forced landing after power loss due to fuel exhaustion. The acft was on thefinal approach. The pilot said he would be landing short of the rwy. When asked the nature of his emergency he said 'I think I am running out of fuel.' The acft was observed in a steep left turn hitting the wires and going inverted before impact. The pilot exited with minor injuries. The pilot said he tried switching fuel tanks but the engine would not restart. According to the fuel supply and the amount of time in flt the acft should have exhausted its supply of usable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28190
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79-30916
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K1A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Goldstar Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- PMP · Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport
- SYI · Bomar Field, runway 36, 5,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,655 total · 135 in this make and model · 1,325 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.