- Date
- July 25, 1973
- Place
- Courtland, AL · COURTLAND, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6585VBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730725019439A
- Case key
- 201646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1940 73/7/25 COURTLAND,ALA BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1655 N6585V PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 26, 2830 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 175 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSCLE SHOALS,ALA HUNTSVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRUISE FLT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS ENG QUIT.DRG FORCED LDG APCH REGAINED PWR HIT TREE DRG CLB OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6585V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6585VRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2012 · Bellanca 17-31AAirframe modelBellanca 17-31AEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6585V · 1
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