Bellanca 17-30A N15DQ

Summary

On 3 September 2021 at about 17:20 local time, a Bellanca 17-30A registered N15DQ was involved in an accident near Hurricane, Utah, 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

3 September 2021 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Hurricane, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

General Dick Stout Field (1L8)

Coordinates

37.1308, -113.3088

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30A

Registration

N15DQ

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Meadow Lake → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR21LA334

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear

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

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The pilot reported that, during landing he failed to extend the landing gear and attempted to initiate a go-around. The airplane attained an altitude of about 100 ft above the ground before it would no longer climb and maintain airspeed. The pilot subsequently initiated a forced landing to a nearby field with the landing gear now extended. During the landing roll, the airplane collided with a barbed wire fence, substantially damaging the wings. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane other than the Auto-Axtion system, a pilot back-up device to automatically lower the landing regardless of the position of the landing gear switch, minimizing the possibility of an accidental gear-up landing did not work. The back-up system was not examined.  

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.