Bellanca 17-30A N14779

Summary

On 2 January 1982 at about 20:00 local time, a Bellanca 17-30A registered N14779, operated by David Shelton, was involved in an accident near Homer, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 January 1982 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Homer, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

32.7899, -93.0509

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30A

Registration

N14779

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David Shelton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shrevesport → Tupelo

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82FRJ07

1 person had minor injuries.

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

DURING AN IFR FLIGHT AT 5000 FT MSL, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE POWER, BUT EVENTUALLY, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO WINDMILL WITH NO APPARENT THRUST. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT DESCENDED THROUGH A CLOUD LAYER AND BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS OVER A WOODED AREA AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL. HE ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO AN OPEN AREA, BUT COLLIDED WITH TREES, IMPACTED ON A HARD SURFACED ROAD, AND BOUNCED OVER A FENCE AND INTO A PASTURE. THE PILOT EGRESSED WITH INJURIES TO HIS FACE AND BURNS ON HIS LEFT ARM; HOWEVER, THE PLANE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT FAILURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.