- Date
- April 30, 1975
- Place
- Sinclair, WY · SINCLAIR, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7394VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750430011399A
- Case key
- 148879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1331 75/4/30 SINCLAIR,WY BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 458 TIME - 1750 N7394V PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREELEY,CO JEROME,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - SANDY FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL BOOST PUMP INOP LOW POSITION DUE BROKEN WIRE BETWEEN SWITCH AND MOTOR.HIGH BOOST CKD,OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7394V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7394VRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N7394V · 1
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