- Date
- January 15, 1974
- Place
- Blue Ash, OH · BLUE ASH, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8846VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740115001289A
- Case key
- 187015
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0279 74/1/15 BLUE ASH,OHIO BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 788 TIME - 1657 N8846V PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE ASH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAIN FUEL SELECTOR PSND MIDWAY BTWN L AND R MAIN TANK PSNS.PLT ELECTED TO FLY THRU WIRES DUE A/S.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8846V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Ash
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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