- Date
- July 9, 1983, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Greensburg, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6575VBellanca 17-31A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33440
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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 pilot stated that the auxiliary tank ran dry and the engine quit. He switched the tank selector to the right main fuel tank which had ample fuel but he was unable to restart the engine. He made a forced landing on a highway and after touchdown the left wing and aileron was damaged in a collision with a railroad crossing sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6575V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-22
- Airframe hours
- 2,450
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James P. Humphrey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 34K · Kiowa, KS
- Destination
- K74 · Oakley, KS
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 71 in this make and model · 265 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F