- Date
- July 17, 1988, 17:00 local (Jul 18, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Springerville, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14683Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880717030289A
- Case key
- 26065
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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
Shortly after takeoff, the engine experienced a loss of power. The pilot made a forced landing where during the landing roll, the airplane collided with the terrain. During the engine inspection, it was found that the left magneto fired only one sparkplug. The right magneto fired three sparkplugs regularly and one intermittently.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14683
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74-30646
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R C Hanson & Assoc Aia
- Registered owner
- R.C. Hanson & Ass. Aia Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- E14 · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- Q35 · Springerville, runway 21, 6,600 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,890 total · 403 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.