- Date
- April 23, 1989, 18:00 local (Apr 24, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Watertown, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N39868Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890423009699A
- Case key
- 14341
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of brakes and throttle. A contributing factor was the parked aircraft which was nearby.
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.
Miscellaneous/other
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Throttle/power control - improper use ofCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39868
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 73-30533
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Stiles
- Registered owner
- Richard Stiles
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1989 · 2 hours before
N39868Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,795 total · 1,248 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.