Thursday, July 30, 2015

Bellanca 17-30A Super Viking, N93582: Accident occurred July 30, 2015 near Tallahassee International Airport (KTLH), Florida

RUSH INC: http://registry.faa.gov/N93582

NTSB Identification: GAA15CA209
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Tallahassee, FL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 09/30/2015
Aircraft: BELLANCA 17 30A, registration: N93582
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.

NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.

The pilot reported that while on a cross county flight, "it appears that I ran out of fuel and was forced to land on a road nearby and adjacent to the approach end of an active runway." During the landing roll, the left wing impacted a bush, and the airplane departed the road to the left into a ditch. The left wing sustained substantial damage.

The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a forced landing on a road where the left wing impacted vegetation and sustained substantial damage.

FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Orlando FSDO-15








UPDATE (9:00 a.m.) - According to the FAA Registry the plane is registered to Rush Inc. based out of Ruidoso, New Mexico.

The 17-30A fixed wing single engine aircraft was manufactured in 1973 by Bellanca.

UPDATE (8:30 a.m.) -- We are learning more about the overnight emergency plane landing in Tallahassee.

Officials tell us the small plane ran out of fuel and needed to make an emergency landing.

According to authorities, the plane's wing clipped trees as it was coming down.

The pilot was not injured. No one else was in the plane with him at the time.

The plane is still on the side of Capital Circle Southwest. Traffic is moving through the area, but slowly.

UPDATE (7:20 a.m.) -- The City of Tallahassee says Capital Circle near the Tallahassee International Airport has reopened to traffic.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) --  A plane had to make an emergency landing overnight.

According to the Consolidated Dispatch Agency, the plane landed on Capital Circle Southwest in Tallahassee.

Authorities are on the scene and have shut down Capital Circle from Lake Bradford to Orange Ave. Use Springhill Road to access the airport from the east.

We've been told the FAA is investigating.

No word yet on why the plane was grounded or the emergency surrounding the landing.



Capital Circle Southwest was blocked after a pilot made an emergency landing near the Tallahassee airport Thursday morning.

With his small plane out of gas, the pilot, who was flying from Texas to Key West, attempted to land at the long-closed Highway 27 airport around 2:10 a.m.

He then changed course and tried to make it the 10 miles to the Tallahassee International Airport, according to Leon County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Scott Sullivan.

He ended up bringing the plane down for a hard landing on the busy thoroughfare.

Sullivan said the pilot was stopping to refuel and the pilot of the single-engine Bellanca 17 was not injured when he brought the plane down on Capital Circle.

The left wing hit a bank of trees causing  the plane to spin and come to rest on the eastern shoulder of the road.

According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the plane is registered to a Rush Inc., a ski company in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

LCSO detectives are waiting on the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board to take over the investigation.



TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Capital Circle SW is now reopened after a small plane made an emergency landing early this morning.

According to the City of Tallahassee, a Bellanca 17 aircraft ran out of fuel and landed on Capital Circle SW adjacent to the Tallahassee International Airport around 2:10 a.m.

Officials say the pilot was not injured.

According to flightaware.com, the aircraft departed Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas around 9:13 p.m. CDT Wednesday.

The NTSB and FAA are on the way to investigate the scene.

Capital Circle SW between Orange Avenue and Compass Pointe was closed until about 7:15 a.m.

Operations remain normal at Tallahassee International Airport, according to the City of Tallahassee.

3 comments:

  1. Tyler Pounds Rgnl (KTYR – info)
    Tyler, TX

    Tallahassee Commercial (68J – info)
    Tallahassee /Havana/, FL
    21:13 CDT

    02:11 EDT (+1)
    Scheduled: 21:13 CDT

    Scheduled: 02:51 EDT (+1)

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