- Date
- January 17, 1983, 15:41 local (22:41 UTC)
- Place
- Pocatello, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N28163Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830117002099A
- Case key
- 39654
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Analysis
During a missed approach a partial power loss occurred during the transition to climb. The plt executed a course reversal to return visually to the arpt. Shortly thereafter he chose to execute an emergency landing on a frontage road which paralleled rr tracks. During the approach the acft struck communication lines & then a pole. Examination of the throttle cable revealed that it had slipped free of its attach point at the carburetor. A new throttle cable had been installed 12/7/82. The acft was operated 2.7 hrs since that time, the equivalent of the flt time from portland, or to Pocatello, ID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28163
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79-30907
- Airframe hours
- 1,019
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K1A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard E. Cosgriffe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1982 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- TTD · Portland, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PIH · Pocatello Muni., runway 21, 9,046 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 1,204 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.