- Date
- February 3, 1984, 14:17 local (20:17 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7314VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840203002129A
- Case key
- 33512
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft caught fire shortly after takeoff, the plt declared an emergency and the acft was cleared to 'take any runway or any taxiway.' The plt landed in an open field on the airport. The acft was destroyed by fire. Investigation revealed that the main source of fire centered around a fuel line extending from a fitting on the back side of the firewall to a fitting on the back of the manifold pressure/fuel pressure (flow) gauge. The aluminum line was melted away by the fire but the fittings were intact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7314V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30169
- Airframe hours
- 1,634
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cecil Lawson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1984
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- LAW · Lawton, OK
- Airport
- Fairfax
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,298 total · 4 in this make and model · 123 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 1 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.