- Date
- December 21, 1970
- Place
- Richmond Hts, OH · RICHMOND HTS, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6595VBellanca 17-31
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159636
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4462 70/12/21 RICHMOND HTS,OHIO BELLANCA 17-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 652 TIME - 1640 N6595V PX- 0 0 2 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,OHIO RICHMOND HTS,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED AUTO GR RETRACT SYS PREVENTED HIM FROM MAKING RWY. HIT TREES 200 FT SHORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6595V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cuyahoga County
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