- Date
- March 5, 1971
- Place
- Plainview, TX · PLAINVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8818VBellanca 31A
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0223 71/3/5 NR.PLAINVIEW,TEX BELLANCA 31A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 18, 550 TIME - 2015 N8818V PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALEXANDRIA,MINN PLAINVIEW,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL INJECTION LINE TO NR 6 CYL FAILED.ACFT CAUGHT FIRE.HIT BANK ON LDG.7 HRS TOTAL TIME ON ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8818V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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