# NTSB DEN73AD034: Bellanca 17-31A, Aurora, CO, January 30, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Date: January 30, 1973
- Place: Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: DirectorBrief, April 4, 1973
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169490
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN73AD034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD034

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0126  73/1/30    AURORA,COLO         BELLANCA 17-31A     CR-  2  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 64 TOTAL
        TIME - 1800                    N39860              PX-  0  0  0  DEMONSTRATION             HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BROOMFIELD,COLO             RETURN                       LITTLETON,COLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- HIT GRND R WG FIRST IN HI SPEED ROLLING TYPE MANEUVER. RECOVERED 1/31/73.
```

## Sequence of events

- Maneuvering-aerobatics

## Aircraft

- Registration: N39860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39860-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31A
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- FAA reports: 19730130002739A (https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730130002739A) (OpenAirDocs)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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