# Accident 20041030028049A: Bbavia 7ECA, Summerville, SC, October 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Airport: Summerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0633° N, 80.2794° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0633&lon=-80.2794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57388, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57388-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041030028049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) OCTOBER 30 AT APPROXIMATELY 1710L N57388 DEPARTED SUMMERVILLE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 24 ON A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT. AFTER TAKEOFF ON CLIMB OUT WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT ABOUT 500 THEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP LEFT BACK AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN BACK TO RUNWAY 06. THE PLANE WENT OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND A TREE LINE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A RETENTION POND JUST OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 06. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE HIT LEFT WING FIRST, THEN RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND CAME TO STOP ON SLOPE OF THE RETENTION. FUEL DRAINED OUT OF THE RIGHT TANK ON THE OCCUPANTS. THE AMOUNT REMAINING IN THE TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE GALLONS. THE LEFT TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 13 GALLONS IN THE TANK. THE GASCOLATOR WAS BROKEN OFF UPON IMPACT. THE CARBURETOR WAS BROKEN OFF AT THE NECK OF THE CARBURETOR. THERE WAS ONLY FIVE DROPS IN THE LINE GOING TO THE CARBURETOR AND APPROXIMATELY TWO OUNCES OF FUEL IN THE BOWL OF THE CARBURETOR.

## 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 ATL05LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA018), Oct 30, 2004: Bellanca Citabria 7ECA (N57388), Summerville, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.

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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