- Date
- June 23, 1982, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6656VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820623070969A
- Case key
- 70312
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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
The plt stated he did not refuel or visually verify fuel quantity prior to departing Kansas city. The flt to st. louis was on the left tank. As the acft approached the Columbia, MO VOR at an altitude of 3000 ft MSL the eng failed. The pilot stated he established a glide, changed the fuel selector to the right tank, fuselage tank, left tank, then right tank. During this time he was required to hold the elect fuel pump to the on position. This switch is spring loaded to the off position. He was unable to restart the eng & selected a golf course for landing. He turned during his approach to avoid golfers on the fairway & crashed on a paved street. The left & fuselage tanks were empty. The right tank contained about 4-5 inches of fuel. The left fuel tank quantity sending unit was found erratic, producing an infinite then zero resistance through its travel from full to empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6656V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30007
- Airframe hours
- 1,925
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- John M. Lindhorst
- Registered owner
- Lazy 8 Flying Club
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- SUS · St. Louis, MO
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 940 total · 5 in this make and model · 780 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 12 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.