- Date
- July 17, 1967
- Place
- Covington, GA · COVINGTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6698VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2479 67/7/17 COVINGTON, GA BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 2525 TIME - 1740 N6698V PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FERRY FOR EVALUATION OF PROP AND ENG. PLT LANDED ON HIWAY, SWERVED TO AVOID ONCOMING VEHICLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6698V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6698VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-31ATCAirframe modelBellanca 17-31ATCEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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