- Date
- November 16, 1977
- Place
- Lakeville, MN · LAKEVILLE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N117LBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144334
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4264 77/11/16 LAKEVILLE,MN BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 5500 TIME - 0030 N117L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIRLAKE INDUSTRIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREEN BAY,WI LAKEVILLE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- AFT END OF LEFT MUFFLER FAILED AT BALL END ALLOWING EXHAUST FLAME INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117L
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Airlake Industria
N117LRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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.