- Date
- December 1, 1979
- Place
- Ontario, CA · ONTARIO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7318VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791201036259A
- Case key
- 132708
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3750 79/12/1 ONTARIO,CA BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1080 TIME - 1100 N7318V PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONTARIO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UPLAND,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT DMGD DRG FORCED LNDG IN VINEYARD.FUEL SELECTOR FOUND POSITIONED TO EMPTY TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7318V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ontario Intl
N7318VRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.