- Date
- March 30, 1988, 18:26 local (23:26 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4927VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880330006869A
- Case key
- 32013
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Analysis
The plt stated that he had filled the main tanks and nearly filled the two aux tanks earlier and had flown for about 1 hr using one of the aux tanks for cruise. He had just taken off using the mains & when he leveled at 2600 ft, he switched to one of the aux tanks. Moments later, the eng quit & the plt could not get a restart. A forced ldg was made into the tree tops & the acft crashed to the ground. Each aux tank holds about 17 gals & the acft burns 13 to 15 gals per hr. The plt stated that he may have inadvertently switched to a nearly depleted aux tank & that could have been the reason for the eng failure. An exam of the fuel system revealed the main filter, selector & spider were dry. No other evidence of any preimpact malfunction or failure of any airframe or eng components was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4927V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30153
- Airframe hours
- 675
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terrence A. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1987
- Departed
- ORM · Ormond Beach, FL
- Destination
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach Regional, runway 7L, 7,500 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,108 total · 27 in this make and model · 999 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 2 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.