- Date
- March 28, 1980
- Place
- Bellefontaine, OH · BELLEFONTAINE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39897Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800328007979A
- Case key
- 131484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1147 80/3/28 BELLEFONTAINE,OH BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, TIME - 2215 N39897 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OGDENSBURG,NY RICHMOND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NUMEROUS CRACKS FOUND IN ALT DRIVE BELT,DEFLECTED APRX 2IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39897
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N39897Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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