- Date
- November 8, 1986, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Beatty, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4797VBellanca BL17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861108054069A
- Case key
- 40563
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
While in cruise at 11,500 ft MSL, fuel pressure and engine pwr were lost. Plt tried variations of fuel tank selections and boost pump with no success. During forced landing attempt at remote airstrip, plt misjudged approach, stalled acft about 100 yds short of runway, mushing to ground contact. No evidence found of fuel pump failure, line or distributor blockage. Engine test run satisfactory.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4797V
- Reported as
- Bellanca BL17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30080
- Airframe hours
- 468
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles D. Ary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1986 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- TRK · Truckee, CA
- Destination
- P20 · Parker, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Scotty'S Junction, runway 34, 3,500 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,265 total · 381 in this make and model · 1,165 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPH, 46 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.