- Date
- March 12, 1985, 18:10 local (Mar 13, 1985, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Marshall, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8863VBellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850312009769A
- Case key
- 13027
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft contacted 10 ft high trees during takeoff from a gravel taxiway. The plt then performed a forced landing in a cultivated fld during which the landing gear separated from the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8863V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30379
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K1A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jjj Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1984
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,239 total · 67 in this make and model · 2,045 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWF, 25 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.
Other investigations on N8863V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.