- Date
- January 10, 1980
- Place
- El Cajon, CA · EL CAJON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N28204Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800110000429A
- Case key
- 131466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1424 80/1/10 EL CAJON,CA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1170 TIME - 1418 N28204 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CA EL CAJON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APRX 6GALS FUEL IN L MAIN TNK,FUEL SEL ON R TNK.HIT PWR LINE & BOULDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28204
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillespie
N28204Registration cancelled Jul 20, 2017 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine 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.