# NTSB Accident CHI96LA158
> **Bellanca 17-30** · 1996-05-12 · SPRINGFIELD, MO, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96LA158
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05720
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-05-12
- **Location:** SPRINGFIELD, MO, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bellanca
- **Model:** 17-30
- **Registration:** N6668V
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

a total loss of power due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation and subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the airplane.

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