# NTSB ATL83LA153: Bellanca 17-30A, N28190, Shelbyville, TN, March 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 25, 1983, 13:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place: Shelbyville, TN
- Coordinates: 35.490856, -86.440628 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4909&lon=-86.4406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA153

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28190-2014-09-25), registration cancelled 2014-09-25, S/N 79-30916, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Registry model: [Bellanca 17-30A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (registry code 1220433) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 79-30916
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830325013919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830325013919A), Mar 25, 1983: Blanca 1730A, Shelbyville, TN, Destroyed. Crash occurred during emergency landing attempt on airport. Engine quit after fuel exhaustion.

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.

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