- Date
- September 16, 1987, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7378VBellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870916081329A
- Case key
- 7520
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt made two attempts to land and during his 2nd go around the eng cut out. The plt stated that he switched from left tank to rt tank but was unable to start the eng prior to making a forced landing which resulted in a collision with a house and tree. The plts rpt states that takeoffs and landings be made on rt tank when using left traffic. Also no steep turns into tank being used. The plt also said that fuel was managed to arrive at dest on fullest/rt tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7378V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30233
- Airframe hours
- 2,028
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Melvin L. Gingery
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1987 · 114 hours before
- Departed
- 71J · Ozark, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Bowman Field, runway 24, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,182 total · 28 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.