- Date
- November 4, 1968
- Place
- Mine Run, VA · MINE RUN , VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4772VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4135 68/11/4 MINE RUN VA BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 7840 TIME - 0845 N4772V PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- CRACK IN CRANKSHAFT FROM UNDER SEAL IN NOSE OF CRANKCASE RUNNING BACK INTO ENGINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4772V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4772VRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N4772V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX84LA317Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIrvine, CAThe plt stated that while in cruise flt at 1200 ft MSL the eng power went to idle, he switched tanks, turned on the boost pump, placed the mixture in the rich position but to no avail. Post crash examination revealed that the fuel boost pump did not operate.…NTSB OAK76FVW19Accident · No injuriesClosedLaughlin, NV