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| Date: | Friday 19 June 2020 |
| Time: | 17:40 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 17-30A Super Viking 300A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N244HW |
| MSN: | 30317 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Martinton, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. Louis, MO |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper decision to conduct an off-field precautionary landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN20CA236
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2021 15:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 01-Apr-2021 15:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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