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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bellanca 7KCAB · Corona, CA · December 2, 2010

Date
December 2, 2010 · 10:30 local
Place
Corona, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N11858
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR11LA070
Reported as
Bellanca 7KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,374 total26 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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.

Inflight engine failure followed by emergency landing on golf course. Acft entered sand trap on rollout and nosed over, coming to rest inverted. Firewall and belly of aircraft coated with clean oil. Nose of engine crankcase broke open all the way around, just aft of prop flange, during nose-over. No oilspill from inside crankcase. Engine oil pressure hose broke at engine end and separated from engine.

As the FAA filed it

INFLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE FOLLOWED BY EMERGENCY LANDING ON GOLF COURSE. ACFT ENTERED SAND TRAP ON ROLLOUT AND NOSED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED. FIREWALL AND BELLY OF AIRCRAFT COATED WITH CLEAN OIL. NOSE OF ENGINE CRANKCASE BROKE OPEN ALL THE WAY AROUND, JUST AFT OF PROP FLANGE, DURING NOSE-OVER. NO OILSPILL FROM INSIDE CRANKCASE. ENGINE OIL PRESSURE HOSE BROKE AT ENGINE END AND SEPARATED FROM ENGINE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.