# NTSB CEN23LA428: Bellanca 17-31A, N14723, Maurice, IA, August 30, 2023 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 30, 2023, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Maurice, IA - Coordinates: 42.965597, -96.235947 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9656&lon=-96.2359&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 193537 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA428 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193537/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193537 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA428 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot; cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: pole](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [All aircraft, 142 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was moving the airplane from a nearby airport to his residence and was landing on a road. He said that during the landing he used too much brake, lost directional control, and the airplane went off the left side of the road. The right wing struck a pole and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot stated that the airplane did not have a current annual inspection and when asked specifically if there were any mechanical problems with the airplane, he said there were none. ## Aircraft - Registration: N14723 (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31A - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 74-32-144 - Year built: 1974 - Airframe hours: 1453 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540 290 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 26, 2006 - Departed: SXK, Maurice, IA - Destination: Same as departure ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 1,000 total, 450 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 140° at 10 knots - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 29.94 inHg - Observed at: KLRJ, 11 nm away - METAR: METAR KLRJ 302315Z AUTO 14010KT 10SM CLR 28/16 A2994 RMK AO2= ## 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 20230830018629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230830018629A), Aug 30, 2023: Bellanca 17-31A, Maurice, IA, Substantial damage. On August 31, 2023, at 1607 the Sioux county sheriff’s office contacted the des moines flight standards district office (dsm FSDO) to report a possible… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 29, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193537. 37.7 MB in all. - Accident photos (item 1, PDF, 2 pages, 1 photo, 393 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16705339&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=photos-Rel.pdf - Maintenance record (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 37.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16704072&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Most%20Recent%20Annual_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation with pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 89 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16706667&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20with%20pilot-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.