- Date
- July 19, 1980
- Place
- Sterling, CO · STERLING, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4066BBellanca 17
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800719029959A
- Case key
- 130018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1625 80/7/19 STERLING,CO BELLANCA 17 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 650 TIME - 0735 N4066B PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROSSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING,CO VERNAL,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES STATED PWR NOT REDUCED DRG LDG ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4066B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crosson Field
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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.