# NTSB MIA88FA234: Bellanca 17-30A, N28140, Daytona Beach, FL, July 24, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1988, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Location: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2108&lon=-81.0228&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88FA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA234

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - lubricating system,oil line - incorrect (cause)
  - maintenance,modification - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - fluid,oil - loss,total (cause)
  - engine assembly - seized (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DEPARTED SPRUCE CREEK ARPT AND APRX 2 MINUTES LATER LOST POWER AND CRASHED INTO TREES JUST WEST OF THE VOLUSIA COUNTY LANDFILL APRX 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE DAYTONA BEACH REGIONAL ARPT. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE DRAIN LINE ON AN OIL SEPARATOR KIT RECENTLY INSTALLED WAS ADAPTED INADVERTANTLY TO A PRESSURE PORT ON THE ENGINE CASE INSTEAD OF A SUCTION PORT. THIS DIVERTED THE ENGINE OIL OVERBOARD THROUGH THE OIL SEPARATOR VENT TUBE, STARVING THE ENGINE OF OIL. THE ENGINE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE WITH EVIDENCE OF SEIZURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28140](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28140-2015-05-20), registration cancelled 2015-05-20, S/N 80-30980, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Registry model: [Bellanca 17-30A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (registry code 1220433) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 80-30980
- Airframe hours: 1020
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520K 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Marion Paul, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1987, 142 hours before
- Departed: 44J, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Destination: 3A9, GATLINBURG, TN
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,907 total, 1,462 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 4 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880724027569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880724027569A), Jul 24, 1988: Blanca 1730A, Daytona Beach, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Engine seized after takeoff. Crashed in trees. Engine oil air breather kit installed backward. Leak unseen by pilot

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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