- Date
- August 13, 1974
- Place
- Shidler, OK · SHIDLER, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39830Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740813025979A
- Case key
- 134433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2442 74/8/13 SHIDLER,OKLA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 243 TIME - 0410 N39830 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 186 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDEN CITY,KANS HARRISON,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- REDUCED PWR IN FLT TO DESCND.ACFT DSCND INTO GRND WHEN PLT LOOKED AT MAPS. DRK NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39830
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.