- Date
- October 9, 1980
- Place
- Fenton, MO · FENTON, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8856VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801009052019A
- Case key
- 201171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3596 80/10/9 FENTON,MO BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 229 TIME - 1918 N8856V PX- 0 1 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEISS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TN FENTON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO FUEL IN L FUEL TKS,SELECTOR FD IN AUX & L WING TKS.9GALS DRAINED FM R TKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8856V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weiss
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.