Bellanca 17-30A accident near Taylor, MO
On May 27, 2000, a Bellanca 17-30A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Taylor, MO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 27, 2000
- Place
- Taylor, MO
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 17-30A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.931°N, 91.519°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20949
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 26, 2000, at 2100 central daylight time (CDT), a Bellanca 17-30A, N136EL, owned and piloted by a non-instrument rated private pilot, was destroyed on impact with a soybean field during a visual approach to Taylor-Haerr Field (K04), Taylor, Missouri. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from the Orlando Sanford Airport (SFB), Orlando, Florida, at 1000 eastern daylight time (EDT), en route to K04. According to the fixed base operations manager at SFB, the pilot "didn't fly that much" and when he did, it would be locally on clear days. At 0630 EDT, the pilot requested that his airplane be taken out of the hanger at SFB where the airplane was based. Fuel in the amount of 3.3 gallons was added to top off the fuel aboard the airplane at approximately 0750. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of departure from SFB. The airplane was en route to the West Georgia Regional O.V. Gray Field Airport, (CTJ), Carrollton, Georgia. Witnesses reported that the airplane arrived at CTJ at 1330 where fuel records indicate that the airplane was fueled with 42.4 gallons of fuel and one quart of oil. The airplane departed, at time unknown, en route to the Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL), Jackson, Tennessee. A witness at the next stop along the route, Mayfield Graves County Airport (M25), Mayfield, Kentucky, reported that the pilot talked with him about the stop at MKL
Probable cause
flight into known adverse weather conditions and the altitude/clearance not maintained by the pilot. An additional cause was the improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot. Contributing factors were the weather below approach/landing minimums, night conditions, the pilot's lack of total instrument time and fatigue.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
