- Date
- April 30, 1979
- Place
- Quinton, VA · QUINTON, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4862VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790430011139A
- Case key
- 135793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1577 79/4/30 QUINTON,VA BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2215 N4862V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 3559 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW KENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANOVER,VA MELFA,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- EXECUTED ENG OUT APCH AT NIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4862V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Kent
N4862VRegistration cancelled Jun 23, 2010 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4862V · 1
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