Bellanca 17 30A N93582

Summary

On 30 July 2015 at about 06:00 local time, a Bellanca 17 30A registered N93582, operated by Rush Inc, was involved in an accident near Tallahassee, Florida, United States. One person was 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.

Date

30 July 2015 at 06:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Tallahassee Intl (TLH)

Coordinates

30.4094, -84.3531

Aircraft

Bellanca 17 30A

Registration

N93582

Category

Airplane

Year built

1973

Engines

1

Operator

Rush Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Athens → Quincy

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

GAA15CA209

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a forced landing on a road where the left wing impacted vegetation and sustained substantial damage.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while on a cross county flight, "it appears that I ran out of fuel and was forced to land on a road nearby and adjacent to the approach end of an active runway." During the landing roll, the left wing impacted a bush, and the airplane departed the road to the left into a ditch. The left wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.