Bellanca 17-31A N1LG

Summary

On 30 January 1983 at about 14:20 local time, a Bellanca 17-31A registered N1LG was involved in an accident near Archer, Florida, 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

30 January 1983 at 14:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Archer, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Flying Ten (0J8)

Coordinates

29.5300, -82.5092

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-31A

Registration

N1LG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Tampa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA066

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 PILOT SAID THE TAKEOFF WAS BEGUN WITH 1/2 FLAPS. IMMEDIATELY AFTER BREAKING GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED UP AND ROLLED TO THE RIGHT. FORWARD PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE YOKE AND FULL LEFT AILERON WAS APPLIED. FULL RIGHT RUDDER WAS ALSO APPLIED BUT THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT AND FLEW INTO THE TREES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND. AFTER SKIDDING SOME DISTANCE THE AIRPLANE TURNED INVERTED AND STOPPED. INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY SHOWED A GOUGE MADE BY THE TAIL SKID THAT WAS VISIBLE FROM ABOUT 100 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF THE STRIP TO THE LIFTOFF POINT NEAR MIDFIELD ON THE 3015 FOOT STRIP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.