- Date
- March 6, 1983, 19:07 local (Mar 7, 1983, 02:07 UTC)
- Place
- Roswell, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5042JBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830306007619A
- Case key
- 20827
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Analysis
During arrival, the engine began to lose power as the acft was on base leg for landing. The plt was unable to restore full power and made a forced landing in an umimproved area aprx 2 mi from the airport. During the landing roll-out, the right wing tip hit a large wooden fence post before the pilot was able to stop. Aprx 1 gal of fuel was drained from the fuel tanks during a post-crash investigation. The fuel capacity was 40 gal, of which, .77 gal was unusable. After the previous flight (from Roswell, NM to addision, TX), 27 gal of fuel was added. The plt stated that the fuel gauge indicated full prior to takeoff; however, he did not visually check the fuel during his preflight. Aprx 10 min prior to arrival at Roswell, the right tank indicated empty & the left tank indicated about 1/8 full. The total elapsed time of the flight was 3 hrs & 42 min in addition to a 20 min ground delay after starting the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5042J
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 501-79
- Airframe hours
- 393
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred J. Schlicher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1981 · 166 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Airport
- ROW · Roswell Industrial, runway 21, 13,000 × 300 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,653 total · 160 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.