# Accident 19960819023359A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Hinckley, IL, August 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hinckley, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7602° N, 88.6409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7602&lon=-88.6409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5026Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5026Q-1998-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCAA (registry code 1220501, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,104 total, 150 in this make and model, 340 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960819023359A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON LOCAL FLIGHT, NORMAL PATTERN WORK, WENT INTO A SPIN. RIGHT WING COLLAPSED, AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND. (.4)THE ENGINE TACH INDICATED THAT THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT HAD OPERATED THE AIRPLANE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE IT CRASHED ABOUT 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.  A WITNESS REPORTED HE SAW THE AIRPLANE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN A LEFT SPIRAL AT 500 TO 700 FEET AGL, IN ABOUT A 70-DEGREE NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE.  HE REPORTED THE WINGS WERE INTACT AS IT SPIRALED VERY FAST BEFORE THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED STRAIGHT BACK FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT WING STRUT ATTACH FITTING INDICATED IT FAILED AS A RESULT OF OVERSTRESSING LOADS.  THE EXAMINATION OF THE FORE AND AFT WOOD SPARS INDICATED THEY HAD FAILED AS A RESULT OF OVERLOAD FORCES.  THE EXAMINATION OF THE INBOARD REAR STRUT ATTACH FITTING INDICATED IT HAD FAILED IN TENSION OVERLOAD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS 94 POUNDS OVER THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT.                                                           (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HINKLEY AIRPORT FOR LOCAL FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT OBSERVEDIN A SPIN. AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING CAME OFF AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT HIT GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA301), Aug 19, 1996: Bellanca 7GCAA (N5026Q), Hinckley, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the instructor pilot exceeded the design stress limits of the aircraft which resulted in the overload failure of the wing. A factor was that the weight and balance of the aircraft was exceeded by the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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