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Bellanca BL17-30 N6671V

26 April 2001 · Columbus, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 April 2001 at about 22:10 local time, a Bellanca BL17-30 registered N6671V was involved in an accident near Columbus, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 22:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Columbus, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates
32.2603, -107.7495
Aircraft
Bellanca BL17-30
Registration
N6671V
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Deming → Columbus
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN01LA091

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The impact with terrain following an inadvertent stall/mush by the pilot during a go-around. A contributing factor was a dust devil.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was preparing to land westbound on a road when a "dust devil" struck the airplane. As he applied full power to abort his landing, a gust of wind struck the airplane causing it to drift to the south of the road towards a set of power lines. He "pulled up" and tried to maneuver the airplane over the power lines,however, the airplane stalled and impacted the ditch on the north side of the road. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, right wing tip, nose landing gear, both left and right main landing gear and propeller.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Bellanca BL17 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
12 Oct 2000 Bellanca BL17-30
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no coordinates
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10 Aug 2004 Bellanca BL17-30
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6 Apr 1998 Bellanca BL17-30A
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All 9 records for this type

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