# NTSB MKC84FA069: Bellanca 17-30, N7314V, Kansas City, KS, February 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 3, 1984, 14:17 local (20:17 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Coordinates: 39.150806, -94.609733 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1508&lon=-94.6097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33512
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33512/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA069

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,line - failure,partial (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel flow gage - failure,partial (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7314V-1984-06-06), registration cancelled 1984-06-06, S/N 30169 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30
- Registry model: [Bellanca 17-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (registry code 1220432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30169
- Airframe hours: 1634
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840203002129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840203002129A), Feb 3, 1984: Blanca 1730, Kansas City, KS, Destroyed. Aircraft caught on fire shortly after liftoff. Emergency landing was made on airport.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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