- Date
- September 11, 1976
- Place
- South St.Paul, MN · SOUTH ST.PAUL, MN
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6579WBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155572
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3669 76/9/11 SOUTH ST.PAUL,MN BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 537 TIME - 1140 N6579W PX- 0 3 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH ST PAUL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH ST.PAUL,MN ST PAUL,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ELECT FUEL BOOST PUMP INOP.AD 72-13-3 NCW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6579W
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South St Paul