Bellanca 14-19-3A N1297R

Summary

On 13 August 1986 at about 15:58 local time, a Bellanca 14-19-3A registered N1297R was involved in an accident near Toccoa, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 August 1986 at 15:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Toccoa, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

34.5703, -83.3200

Aircraft

Bellanca 14-19-3A

Registration

N1297R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chuluota → Knoxville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL86FA220

4 people were seriously injured.

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

THE PLT CHECKED ON THE ACFT THE DAY PRIOR TO THIS FLT AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT IT REFUELED. ON THE DAY OF THE FLT HE WAS OBSERVED DRAINING FUEL FROM THE ACFT. HE AIR FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN AND STATED THAT HE HAD 3 HRS AND 45 MINS OF FUEL AND HIS EN ROUTE TIME WAS 2 HRS AND 10 MINS. ABOUT 2 HRS AND 11 MINS AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT CRASHED 1 MILE FROM AN ARPT LOCATED APRX 80 MILES SHORT OF THE INTENDED REFUELING LOCATION. THE PLT STATED TO A PERSON AT THE ARPT THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROSS TAKEOFF WEIGHT. HE DID NOT DECLARE AND EMERGENCY WHEN HE STARTED HAVING ENG PROBLEMS. IT WAS DETERMINED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT THE PLT HAD DRAINED APRX 8 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE ACFT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. THE ACFT FLT MANUAL DOES NOT PROVIDE FUEL CONSUMPTION INFORMATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.