Bellanca 17-30A N93664

Summary

On 13 July 1987 at about 18:15 local time, a Bellanca 17-30A registered N93664, operated by Dean van Eaton, was involved in an accident near Palatka, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 July 1987 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Palatka, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30A

Registration

N93664

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dean van Eaton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palatka → Valdosta

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA87FA205

1 person died.

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

WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY HEARD THE ACFT'S ENG SOUNDING ROUGH JUST BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO THE TREES. ANOTHER WITNESS STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES & SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLANE. A TAIL PIPE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND ON THE RAMP AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PARKED. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE LEFT TAILPIPE ASSEMBLY WAS MISSING & EVIDENCE OF EXTREME HEAT DAMAGE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA BEHIND WHERE THE LEFT TAILPIPE HAD BEEN LOCATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.