- Date
- May 3, 1970
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4908VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2325 70/5/3 LONG BEACH,CALIF BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 322 TIME - 1450 N4908V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CALIF LONG BEACH,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT STREET LIGHT POLE,GARAGE.FUEL TANKS,L FULL,R EMPTY,R AUX APRX 3GAL.SELECTOR R AUX-LVL FLT ONLY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4908V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Long Beach
N4908VRegistration cancelled Aug 25, 1980 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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