- Date
- April 17, 1973
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N74377Bellanca 14-13
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730417008939A
- Case key
- 170630
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0881 73/4/17 DENVER,COLO BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 433 TIME - 1535 N74377 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 328 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO AURORA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASHED INTO CREEK BED.THE HAND WOBBLE PUMP PUMPED RAW FUEL OUT OF HOLES IN TOP OF HOUSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74377
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
N74377Registration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Bellanca 14-13-2Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.