Bellanca 17-31A N6585V

25 July 1973 · Courtland, Alabama, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 July 1973 at about 16:55 local time, a Bellanca 17-31A registered N6585V, operated by John L Cashin, was involved in an accident during in flight near Courtland, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 July 1973 at 16:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Courtland, Alabama, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bellanca 17-31A
Registration: N6585V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: John L Cashin
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Muscle Shoals, Ala → Huntsville, Ala
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1940

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CRUISE FLT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS ENG QUIT.DRG FORCED LDG APCH REGAINED PWR HIT TREE DRG CLB OUT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1940, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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