- Date
- August 3, 1972
- Place
- Huntsville, AL · HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7302VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1145 72/8/3 HUNTSVILLE,ALA BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1203 TIME - 1730 N7302V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTSVILLE-MADISO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TENN HUNTSVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT DIDNT SWITCH TANKS BFOR APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7302V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huntsville-Madiso
N7302VRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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