- Date
- May 22, 1982, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Pleasant, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5045GBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820522019369A
- Case key
- 71790
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After takeoff from runway 17, the pilot departed the traffic pattern and was about 1.5 miles north of the airport when the engine coughed. He immediately turned back toward the airport, but shortly thereafter, the engine lost all power. He decided to land on a road. After touchdown, he was unable to make a turn in the road and slid into a ditch and struck two small saplings. The airport manager stated that the aircraft was out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5045G
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1130-79
- Airframe hours
- 670
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- T.P. Loving
- Registered owner
- Grady E. Firmin
- Departed
- Mt. Pleasant, TX
- Destination
- Mt. Pleasant, TX
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 655 total · 188 in this make and model · 598 as pilot in command · 153 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5045G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.