- Date
- January 13, 1989, 10:04 local (15:04 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74473Bellanca 14-13-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890113013569A
- Case key
- 32385
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Probable cause
Failure of the cam gear snap ring, which allowed the camshaft gear to become disconnected. Factors related to the accident were trees in the emergency landing area.
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
During flt at an alt of aprx 1000 ft, the eng lost power. Attempts to restart the eng were unsuccessful. Subsequently, the acft collided with trees during an emergency landing. An exam of the eng revealed the cam gear snap ring (franklin part no: 19983) had failed & allowed the camshaft gear to rotate to an out-of-time condition. Subsequently, the eng lost power & the pistons contacted the intake & exhaust valves. The eng had a total time of aprx 1205 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74473
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1586
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-335-B1, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snavely, William R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 23, 1988 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- 8X5 · Lake Placid, FL
- Destination
- SEF · Sebring, FL
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,420 total · 67 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOW, 40 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.