- Date
- September 13, 1978
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6626VBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780913035699A
- Case key
- 139883
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3170 78/9/13 SAN JOSE,CA BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1114 N6626V PX- 1 1 0 DUAL AGE 18, 824 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID-HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- USED NEARLY ALL OF 3099FT RWY.AVOIDING BLDG RETURNING TO AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6626V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reid-Hillview
N6626VRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Bellanca 17-31AAirframe modelBellanca 17-31AEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.