- Date
- May 16, 1974
- Place
- Tapchla, Guatemala · TAPCHLA, Guatemala
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8877VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0031 74/5/16 TAPCHLA,GUATEMALA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 568 TIME - 1730 N8877V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VERA CRUZ,MEX SAN JOSE,GUATEMALA TAPACHULA,GUATEMALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- LOW FUEL STATE,LNDD IN FLD.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION GOVT OF GUATEMALA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8877V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8877VRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 2020 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N8877V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.