- Date
- May 6, 1984, 21:30 local (May 7, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Painter, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11JJBellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840506065329A
- Case key
- 6275
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After encountering low ceilings, the plt attempted a precautionary ldg. Upon realizing lights from the ground were on a house, a go-around was initiated with a climbing left turn. The acft then flew into trees one fourth to one half mile from the house.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11JJ
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30286
- Airframe hours
- 2,277
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Zsigmond Nemeth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 20, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- Naples, FL
- Destination
- Woodbridge, NJ
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.