- Date
- April 21, 1985, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Germantown, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N85652Bellanca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850421013769A
- Case key
- 6782
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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
During cruise flt over hilly terrain, the plt noted a power loss that he described as the eng 'dying back and then catching again.' He was unable to maintain alt & selected a field for a landing. During the apch, the left main gear & prop hit 2 power lines. The power lines broke & the acft continued flying. However, during the landing, the left main gear collapsed & the acft swerved & was further damaged. An exam of the fuel tank revealed that the coating inside the tank had begun flaking & flakes had partially obstructed a fuel screen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85652
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-4396
- Airframe hours
- 20,601
- Engine
- Continental A-65-B, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry E. Steenstry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1984
- Departed
- 018 · Cynthiana, KY
- Destination
- HOC · Hillsboro, OH
- Airport
- GEO · Brown County Airport
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,750 total · 250 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.