- Date
- September 3, 1976
- Place
- Bovina, TX · BOVINA, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39833Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760903032489A
- Case key
- 155681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3120 76/9/3 BOVINA,TX BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 286 TIME - 0650 N39833 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHUCK SPRAY STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVIEW,TX BOVINA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- L WHEEL OF ACFT ROLLED OFF NARROW RWY & HIT TALL GRASS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39833
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chuck Spray Strip
N39833Registration cancelled Oct 5, 2016 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.