Bellanca 17-30 N6668V

Summary

On 12 May 1996 at about 00:05 local time, a Bellanca 17-30 registered N6668V was involved in an accident near Springfield, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 May 1996 at 00:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30

Registration

N6668V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baton Rouge → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA158

2 people were seriously injured.

a total loss of power due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation and subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated he planned for a two hour and fifty minute flight. He said he departed on the cross country flight about 1430 and the engine stopped about 1905, two miles short of his intended destination airport. Subsequent examination of the accident airplane revealed only unusable fuel remaining in the tanks. The accident flight comprised the total time for the pilot in this type of airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.