- Date
- September 17, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bishop, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14728Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840917049499A
- Case key
- 24402
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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.
Analysis
The plt of the Bellanca said he saw a sailplane in front of him in the traffic pattern and pulled up to avoid a collision. The Bellanca stalled and even though it was partially recovered 500 ft before ground contact, the plt said he cut the engine and landed off the arpt in 4 ft high brush where it left a 62 ft ground scar. From witness accounts the sailplane was on final approach and the Bellanca on base.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14728
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-30741
- Airframe hours
- 989
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Kelley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1984 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- 207 · Independence, CA
- Destination
- BIH · Bishop, CA
- Airport
- BIH · Bishop, runway 16, 5,601 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 880 total · 880 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N14728 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.