- Date
- March 29, 1985, 07:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place
- Melbourne, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7390VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850329010249A
- Case key
- 31381
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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 acft was departing on rwy 27L, when aprx 1200 ft down the rwy, on the takeoff roll, it veered off the left side of the rwy & crossed two taxiways. The acft came to rest about 350 ft off the left side of rwy 27L. A post crash exam of the landing gear system revealed that it collapsed due to overload conditions. No pre-accident part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7390V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30240
- Airframe hours
- 2,033
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Milam
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- MLB · Melbourne Regional, runway 27L, 9,481 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 870 total · 297 in this make and model · 717 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.