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| Date: | Saturday 8 October 1988 |
| Time: | 18:36 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 8KCAB |
| Owner/operator: | Clark Aviation |
| Registration: | N102EC |
| MSN: | 372-78 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 819 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-360-H1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pueblo, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Garden City, KS (KGCK) |
| Salida, CO (OV2) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE COMMERCIAL PLT & HIS PVT PLT WIFE WERE FLYING X-COUNTRY ON VACATION. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH & LOST POWER. DRG AN EMERGENCY DSCNT, THE PLT RESTARTED THE ENG & INITIATED A CLIMB TO SELECT A BETTER LNDG SITE, BUT THE ENG LOST POWER AGAIN. EFFORTS TO RESTART THE ENG A 2ND TIME FAILED. AN EMERGENCY LNDG WAS MADE TO THE WEST ON A GRAVEL ROAD WITH A GUSTY X-WIND FROM THE NORTH. THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG THE LNDG ROLL, HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL & THE PLANE WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT CROSSED A DITCH & WAS DAMAGED. DRG A POST ACDNT INSPN, NO FUEL WASFOUND IN THE RIGHT TANK & LESS THAN 2 QUARTS WAS REMAINING IN THE LEFT TANK. DRG AN OPNL CHECK OF THE ENG, IT STARTED & RAN NORMALLY.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN89LA012
History of this aircraft
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| 27 May 2015 | N102EC | Superior Flying Services | 0 | Richard I Bong Airport (KSUW), Superior, WI | |
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