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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 7GCBC · Lantana, FL · March 20, 2010

Date: March 20, 2010 · 12:50 local
Place: Lantana, FL
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N53865
Reported as: Bellanca 7GCBC
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total0 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N53865Registered now · Bellanca 7GCBCS/N 892-76 · Built 1975 Airframe modelBellanca 7GCBC Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot departed rwy 03 at Lantana airport (klna) and during the initial climb he heard an wear noise. They found that the pilot inavertently struck the aircraft with the grappeling hook on departure when he went to catch the banner. Aircraft received damage on top of left wing flap fabric and also on the fairing between the wing and fuselage. Pilot drop banner and returned for landing on rwy 15.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED RWY 03 AT LANTANA AIRPORT (KLNA) AND DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB HE HEARD AN WEAR NOISE. THEY FOUND THAT THE PILOT INAVERTENTLY STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GRAPPELING HOOK ON DEPARTURE WHEN HE WENT TO CATCH THE BANNER. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE ON TOP OF LEFT WING FLAP FABRIC AND ALSO ON THE FAIRING BETWEEN THE WING AND FUSELAGE. PILOT DROP BANNER AND RETURNED FOR LANDING ON RWY 15.