- Date
- June 17, 1984, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74200Bellanca 14-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840617025099A
- Case key
- 24315
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,pump - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Emergency procedure - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Nose over
Analysis
The plt reported that the fuel pump failed in flt & he made an emergency landing on a private strip. He said that he landed hard & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74200
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- M.G. Samson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 017 · Grass Valley, CA
- Destination
- Q96 · Sacramento, CA
N74200Registration cancelled Aug 14, 2026 · Bellanca 14-13Airframe modelBellanca 14-13Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.