- Date
- August 16, 1984, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Antigo, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4001BBellanca 17-31ATC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840816040869A
- Case key
- 12741
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,cylinder - separationCause
Maintenance,inspection - poorCause
Engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,totalCause
Maintenance,major repair - improperCause
Forced landing
Fluid,oil - dumpedFactor
Window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft was forced to land after the engine failed. The plt heard an explosion and saw part of the cowling come off before the engine quit. His passenger said that oil covered the windshield. Post accident inspection showed a failed cylinder. The cylinder studs were devoid of nuts and the studs were not broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4001B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31ATC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7431103
- Airframe hours
- 1,905
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1E5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lee V. Johnson
- Registered owner
- Lee V. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1983 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- TVC · Traverse City, MI
- Destination
- AXN · Alexandria, MN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 900 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUW, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.