# Accident 20100730041369A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Midlothian, TX, July 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2010, 19:55 local time
- Place: Midlothian, TX
- Airport: Mid-Way Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4394° N, 96.9078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4394&lon=-96.9078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5027G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5027G-2018-01-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA448) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100730041369A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 2010, AT 1955 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A BELLANCA, 7GCBC REGISTRATION N5027G, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR MID-WAY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KJWY) LOCATED IN MIDLOTHIAN TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND HIS STUDENT WERE KILLED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KJWY. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER STATED THAT THE INTENT OF THE FLIGHT WAS PILOT TRAINING AND A NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY.

## 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 CEN10FA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA448), Jul 31, 2010: American Champion Aircraft Cor 7GCBC (N5027G), Midlothian, TX, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s incapacitation due to preexisting but unrecognized coronary disease, and the student pilot’s distraction and inability to recover the airplane from a stall/spin at low…

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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