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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Cedartown, GA · July 1, 2007

Date: July 1, 2007 · 16:00 local
Place: Cedartown, GA
Airport: Polk County Airport- Cornelius
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N913JK
Reported as: Bbavia 7ECA
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 244 total20 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N913JKRegistered now · Bellanca 7ECAS/N 1018-74 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBellanca 7ECA Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted encountered a strong crosswind on landing after touchdown. He had made a wheel landing and was at about 30 knots when the aircraft was blown sideways and rotated to the left. The right tire received sufficient side pressure to bend the landing gear under the aircraft and then it separated from the fuselage. The prop struck the pavement on one side only and then the aircraft came to rest on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENCOUNTERED A STRONG CROSSWIND ON LANDING AFTER TOUCHDOWN. HE HAD MADE A WHEEL LANDING AND WAS AT ABOUT 30 KNOTS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN SIDEWAYS AND ROTATED TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT TIRE RECEIVED SUFFICIENT SIDE PRESSURE TO BEND THE LANDING GEAR UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN IT SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE PROP STRUCK THE PAVEMENT ON ONE SIDE ONLY AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.