# Accident 20090706047519A: Bellanca 8GCBC, Palmer, AK, July 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2009, 17:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Palmer Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.0214° N, 148.1381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0214&lon=-148.1381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29785, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29785-2012-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 230 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090706047519A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AFTER ENCOUNTERING DOWNDRAFT THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO OUT PERFORM.

## 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 ANC09CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA060), Jul 7, 2009: Bellanca 8GCBC (N29785), Sutton, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane after an in-flight encounter with a downdraft in mountainous terrain, and his decision to fly at an altitude where such an encounter made a…

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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