- Date
- January 29, 1977
- Place
- Point Pleasant, WV · POINT PLEASANT, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4862VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770129008729A
- Case key
- 157692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2711 77/1/29 POINT PLEASANT,WV BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 376 TIME - 1700 N4862V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MASON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- USE OF AUX PUMP NECESSARY WHEN SWITCHING FRM MAIN TO AUX WHEN AUX LESS THAN 1/2 FULL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4862V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mason County
N4862VRegistration cancelled Jun 23, 2010 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N4862V · 1
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