Bellanca 1730A N244HW
19 June 2020 · Martinton, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 June 2020 at about 22:40 local time, a Bellanca 1730A registered N244HW was involved in an accident near Martinton, Illinois, United States. 2 people were 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.
The record
- Date
- at 22:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Martinton, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates
- 40.9597, -87.7606
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 1730A
- Registration
- N244HW
- Category
- Airplane
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St. Louis → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN20CA236
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to conduct an off-field precautionary landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot had flown about 3 hours of a cross-country flight when he thought he was going to run out of fuel. He could not find a runway nearby, so he elected to conduct a precautionary landing on a gravel road before the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. During the landing the airplane exited the road and went into a ditch, substantially damaging the fuselage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it contained about 1 hour of useable fuel.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2020 | Bellanca 1730 | San Saba, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 2021 | Bellanca 1730 | Bessemer, Alabama, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 2019 | Bellanca 1730 | Clear Lake, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jan 2019 | Bellanca 1730 | Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Apr 2019 | Bellanca 1730 | Henderson, Kentucky, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 24 Jun 2017 | Bellanca 1730 | Burnet, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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