- Date
- October 21, 1984, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Coast, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8830VBellanca 17-31A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841021075069I
- Case key
- 31272
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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
The plt stated that while in cruise flt, the acft sustained a partial loss of power & he elected to land on a road. During the landing the lt wing hit a sign. Post crash investigation revealed that the magneto coils were heating up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8830V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3244
- Airframe hours
- 15,504
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Dragoo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1984
- Departed
- X21 · Titusville, FL
- Destination
- CGS · College Park, MD
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96,845 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 20 nm away
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 N8830V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.