- Date
- April 17, 1981
- Place
- Bucyrus, OH · BUCYRUS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6615VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810417017899A
- Case key
- 126778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0573 81/4/17 BUCYRUS,OH BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 2116 TIME - 1945 N6615V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT BUCYRUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCYRUS,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BOOST PUMP NOT USED WHEN SWITCHING TANKS.COLLIDED W BRIDGE RAILING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6615V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Port Bucyrus
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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.