- Date
- April 10, 1976
- Place
- Laughlin, NV · LAUGHLIN, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4772VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760410009299A
- Case key
- 153434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0935 76/4/10 LAUGHLIN,NV BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 446 TIME - 1215 N4772V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BULLHEAD CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BULLHEAD CITY,AR RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RAN TANK DRY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4772V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bullhead City
N4772VRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · 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.
Other investigations on N4772V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX84LA317Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIrvine, CAThe plt stated that while in cruise flt at 1200 ft MSL the eng power went to idle, he switched tanks, turned on the boost pump, placed the mixture in the rich position but to no avail. Post crash examination revealed that the fuel boost pump did not operate.…NTSB DIA69F0105Accident · No injuriesClosedMine Run, VA