- Date
- May 26, 1976
- Place
- Sewickley, PA · SEWICKLEY, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8817Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2015 76/5/26 SEWICKLEY,PA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, UNK/NR TIME - 1043 N8817 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - G.PITTSBURGH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKHART,IN HARRISBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAIN FUEL VALVE SELECT HANDLE P/N191727 NOT SECURED TO FUEL VALVE.RIVET,WASHER & PIN NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8817
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- G.Pittsburgh Intl