- Date
- April 17, 1988, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Florence, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5504SBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880417009439A
- Case key
- 25988
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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
During a cross country flight, the engine suddenly quit, restarted, then quit completely. A forced landing was made in a dry wash where the aircraft nosed over during the landing roll. Approximately 4 gallons of fuel was drained from the fuel system. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions found at the time of the engine inspection. The eng ran satisfactorily at all power settings after the accident. The accident occurred about 25 miles off course.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5504S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277-78
- Airframe hours
- 594
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-CIE, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Kenneth A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1988 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,882 total · 13 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Observed at
- PHX
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 N5504S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.