- Date
- August 24, 1982, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Browning, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14695Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820824043489A
- Case key
- 70051
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Gear extension - not selectedCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertent
Analysis
Acft landed with the gear up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14695
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74-30688
- Airframe hours
- 991
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Woodruff Hope Feed Ins
- Registered owner
- Woodruff Hope Feed Ins
- Departed
- Rapid City, SD
- Destination
- Seneca, IL
- Airport
- Star-Browning, runway 24, 4,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
N14695Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 52 in this make and model · 2,297 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N14695 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN93LA006Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrand Junction, COFatigue failure of the nose landing gear upper drag strut bracket due to fatigue cracking.NTSB ATL89LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAthens, GADuring descent toward his intended destination, the pilot noted a floating ammeter needle and shortly thereafter he noted his oil pressure was zero. The engine seized and he selected a straight stretch of paved road for his forced landing. In the final stages…