Bellanca 17-30 N4927V

Summary

On 30 March 1988 at about 23:26 local time, a Bellanca 17-30 registered N4927V was involved in an accident near Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 March 1988 at 23:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Daytona Beach Regional (DAB)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30

Registration

N4927V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ormond Beach → Kissimmee

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88FA134

4 people had minor injuries.

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 PLT STATED THAT HE HAD FILLED THE MAIN TANKS AND NEARLY FILLED THE TWO AUX TANKS EARLIER AND HAD FLOWN FOR ABOUT 1 HR USING ONE OF THE AUX TANKS FOR CRUISE. HE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF USING THE MAINS & WHEN HE LEVELED AT 2600 FT, HE SWITCHED TO ONE OF THE AUX TANKS. MOMENTS LATER, THE ENG QUIT & THE PLT COULD NOT GET A RESTART. A FORCED LDG WAS MADE INTO THE TREE TOPS & THE ACFT CRASHED TO THE GROUND. EACH AUX TANK HOLDS ABOUT 17 GALS & THE ACFT BURNS 13 TO 15 GALS PER HR. THE PLT STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED TO A NEARLY DEPLETED AUX TANK & THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR THE ENG FAILURE. AN EXAM OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THE MAIN FILTER, SELECTOR & SPIDER WERE DRY. NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF ANY AIRFRAME OR ENG COMPONENTS WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.