- Date
- August 4, 1969
- Place
- Vally Chapel, WV · VALLY CHAPEL, WV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74294Bellanca 14-13
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2250 69/8/4 VALLY CHAPEL,W VA BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 960 TIME - 1630 N74294 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 502 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOUIS BENNETT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG FAILED L TANK WITH AUX TANK ON.UN RESTART ENG R TANK.FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE FOUND OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74294
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Louis Bennett
N74294Registration cancelled Apr 21, 2009 · Bellanca 14-13-2Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 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.