- Date
- January 25, 1973
- Place
- Dunkirk, NY · DUNKIRK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4935VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730125002329A
- Case key
- 163189
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0516 73/1/25 DUNKIRK,NY BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1026 TIME - 1715 N4935V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 572 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNKIRK MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA DUNKIRK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FUEL IN AUX TANKS NOT USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4935V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dunkirk Municipal
N4935VRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2018 · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.