- Date
- June 10, 1978
- Place
- Plainwell, MI · PLAINWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4850VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780610017829A
- Case key
- 141362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1671 78/6/10 PLAINWELL,MI BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 132 TIME - 1855 N4850V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTSEGO-PLAINWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL PLAINWELL,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- PIC CLAIMED WINDS WERE 240 DEGREES AT 8K.20 MILES SOUTH WINDS WERE 140 DEGREES AT 12K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4850V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Otsego-Plainwell
N4850VRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4850V · 1
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