- Date
- July 28, 1985, 10:06 local (15:06 UTC)
- Place
- Cozad, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6598VBellanca 17-31A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850728038559A
- Case key
- 33999
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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 reported that during a descent to land at kearney, NE, the eng lost power & oil oozed out of the cowling & covered most of the windshield. During a forced landing apch, he released his seat belt so he could see thru a small section of the windshield. At about 100 ft AGL, the plt noted power lines directly ahead. He dove the acft to avoid the power lines. The acft touched down hard, bounced & came to rest in a soybean field about 200 ft beyond the initial impact point. An exam of the eng revealed that a #2 connecting rod bolt & the respective rod cap had failed. The #2 rod had then punctured the eng case which allowed eng oil to escape.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6598V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-31
- Airframe hours
- 1,164
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dr. Omer R. Nunley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- SPF · Spearfish, SD
- Destination
- EAR · Kearney, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BBW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6598V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.