- Date
- August 13, 1986, 11:58 local (15:58 UTC)
- Place
- Toccoa, GA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1297RBellanca 14-19-3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860813040009A
- Case key
- 6957
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt checked on the acft the day prior to this flt and stated that he did not want it refueled. On the day of the flt he was observed draining fuel from the acft. He air filed an IFR flt plan and stated that he had 3 hrs and 45 mins of fuel and his en route time was 2 hrs and 10 mins. About 2 hrs and 11 mins after takeoff the acft crashed 1 mile from an arpt located aprx 80 miles short of the intended refueling location. The plt stated to a person at the arpt that he was concerned about the gross takeoff weight. He did not declare and emergency when he started having eng problems. It was determined after the accident that the plt had drained aprx 8 gallons of fuel from the acft prior to takeoff. The acft flt manual does not provide fuel consumption information.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1297R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4318
- Airframe hours
- 1,668
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Seminole Flying & Soaring, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 12, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- X45 · Chuluota, FL
- Destination
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 545 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AHN, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.