# Accident 20090925049789A: Bellanca 7GCBC, AK, September 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: AK
- Airport: Newman Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.0108° N, 144.6804° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.0108&lon=-144.6804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5037C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5037C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 1,750 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090925049789A

## Narrative

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

WEATHER WAS OVERCAST WITH DRIZZLE, FLAT LIGHT CONDITIONS.  PILOT SAID HE HAD A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND HIT THE RUNWAY HARD.  THE HARD LANDING MADE THE AIRCRAFT FLY BACK INTO THE AIR, UPON RETURNING TO THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE PROPELLER AND NOSE CONE AND WENT OVER ON ITS BACK.

## 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 ANC09CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA108), Sep 25, 2009: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5037C), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll at an off-airport site.

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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