- Date
- May 7, 1974
- Place
- Huntsville, AL · HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6585VBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740507016529A
- Case key
- 125947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2304 74/5/7 HUNTSVILLE,ALA BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1853 TIME - 0530 N6585V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1020 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADISON CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA HUNTSVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6585V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Madison Co
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
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6585V · 1
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