Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Quad City International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Moline, Illinois 61265
Saturday, September 6, 2003 8:54 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it landed short of the runway during a precautionary landing. The pilot reported the fuel pressure was fluctuating during cruise flight so he decided to return to the departure airport. The pilot reported that during the landing approach, he was high and at 120 mph with the gear down, so he decided to pull the power back and lower the flaps. When the pilot realized that he was going to be short of the runway, he reapplied power but the engine did not respond. He reported he got low on the approach and had to maneuver to avoid buildings and transmission wires. The airplane impacted a road embankment, resulting in the main landing gear separating-off, and hit a telephone junction box before skidding to a stop. The pilot reported, "I had everything under control until I pulled the power to lower the flaps. Bad decision." The inspection of the airplane revealed that the diaphragm of the engine driven fuel pump had deteriorated and was allowing fuel to be pumped into the engine crankcase. No logbook entries were found regarding replacement or inspection of the engine driven fuel pump.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The partial failure of the engine driven fuel pump and fuel starvation. An additional cause was the pilot misjudging the proper glidepath and his improper in-flight decision during the precautionary landing to pull back the power and lower the flaps prior to making the runway. Additional factors included the road embankment and the pole.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/6/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 854 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Moline |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 61265 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 412654N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0903027W |
| Event Location Airport | Quad City International |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | MLI |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0.25 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 50 |
| Airport Elevation | 590 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 852 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MLI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 590 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 12 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.17 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 15440 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 6 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2003 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 3 2004 1:28PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | FAA-DuPage FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N74467 |
| NTSB Number | CHI03LA306 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Bellanca |
| Aircraft Model | 14-13-2 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 1580 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2150 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 16 2003 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 6 |
| Airframe Hours | 2293 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Cyrus A. Galley |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 3318 26th St. |
| Aircraft Owner City | Rock Island |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 61201 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | MLI |
| Departure City | Moline |
| Departure State | IL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 847 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | C37 |
| Destination City | Brodhead |
| Destination State | WI |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 5 2004 7:57AM |
| User who most recently changed record | SULP |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 23 |
| Runway Length | 4509 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |