- Date
- July 23, 1981
- Place
- Williston, ND · WILLISTON, ND
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8797VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810723044009A
- Case key
- 123585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3320 81/7/23 WILLISTON,ND BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1500 TIME - 2000 N8797V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLOULIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEMMON,SD WILLISTON,ND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT LGT STANDARD & CRASHED BTN PARALLEL LANES OF ROAD NR ARPT BOUNDARY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8797V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sloulin
N8797VRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2013 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8797V · 1
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