- Date
- May 11, 1996, 19:05 local (May 12, 1996, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6668VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960511010239A
- Case key
- 10246
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Probable cause
a total loss of power due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation and subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the airplane.
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 stated he planned for a two hour and fifty minute flight. He said he departed on the cross country flight about 1430 and the engine stopped about 1905, two miles short of his intended destination airport. Subsequent examination of the accident airplane revealed only unusable fuel remaining in the tanks. The accident flight comprised the total time for the pilot in this type of airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 11, 1996, at 1905 central daylight time, a Bellanca 17-30, N6668V, operated by an instrument rated private pilot sustained substantial damage during a forced landing approximately one and one-half miles southeast of the Springfield Regional Airport, Springfield, Missouri. The airplane bounced on impact with the ground and came to rest in the opposite direction to travel hitting the tail. The pilot and one passenger received serious injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating on an IFR flight plan; however, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight departed Baton Rouge, Louisiana, about 1430.
The pilot stated that he had planned for a two hour, fifty minute flight when he departed about 1430. The accident occurred about 1905 based on a police report. The accident flight comprised the pilot's total time in this type of airplane.
Subsequent to the accident an examination of the airplane revealed only unusable fuel remaining in the three tanks. The tanks were intact after the accident. An examination of the engine revealed continuity throughout. Inspection of the oil and fuel screens found no contamination. Spark plugs, compression and magneto checks found no anomalies which could be associated with the loss of engine power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6668V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30043
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David L. Inmon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Destination
- SGF · MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 4 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 2 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 N6668V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.