- Date
- December 18, 1979
- Place
- Viroqua, WI · VIROQUA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N14703Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791218033279A
- Case key
- 132933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3000 79/12/18 NR.VIROQUA,WI BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1300 N14703 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 41, 12900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 870 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PROP WASH FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIROQUA,WI CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14703
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prop Wash Field
N14703Registration cancelled Jun 5, 2021 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.