- Date
- January 23, 1988, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Barron, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7377VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880123008959A
- Case key
- 14039
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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.
Analysis
The pilot misjudged altitude and distance and touched down short of the runway and struck a snowbank. Pax stated that the pilot cut pwr about 200 ft from the runway; the aircraft began to sink fast. The pilot applied power too late to prevent the undershoot. No mechanical difficulties were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7377V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30232
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William E. Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1987
- Departed
- RIE · Rice Lake, WI
- Airport
- WI15 · Barron Municipal, runway 27, 2,500 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total · 2 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 40 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.