- Date
- July 16, 1990, 17:28 local (21:28 UTC)
- Place
- Wilmington, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N93666Bellanca 17-31A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900716026419A
- Case key
- 36692
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Probable cause
A power loss caused by fuel exhaustion when the pilot took off with the fuel selector on the empty fuel tank.
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
Shortly after take off from clinton field, the engine stopped and could not be restarted. Pilot said that he took off on the empty tank then switched to the tank that was half full. Airplane struck a fence during the off airport landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93666
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 73-32-118
- Airframe hours
- 1,085
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIE5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eddie Don Reiley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1989 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- I66 · Wilmington, OH
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 200 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.