# Accident 20120819016549A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Sidney, NE, August 19, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2012, 16:40 local time
- Place: Sidney, NE
- Airport: Lloyd W. Carr Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0997° N, 102.9850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0997&lon=-102.9850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68564, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68564) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA556](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA556) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120819016549A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON THE GRASS RUNWAY 03 AT SIDNEY, NE, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APROXIMATLY 100 FEET, NOSED OVER AND THEN SLOWLY WENT OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND TAIL.

## 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 CEN12LA556](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA556), Aug 19, 2012: Bellanca 7GCBC (N68564), Sidney, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misuse of the brakes during landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

## Other reports on N68564 (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20091113051859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091113051859I), Nov 13, 2009: Bellanca 7GCBC (N68564), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with a flat right tire. Aircraft nosed over in the dirt runwayaircraft was damaged during the recovery efforts, damaging right wing, strut, and…
- [Incident 19950423016319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950423016319I), Apr 23, 1995: Bbavia 7GCBC (N68564), Homer, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: during the landing rollout, the pilot held an excessive tail high attitude. The propeller struck the runway and caused minor damage to the blade…
- [Incident 19870726044359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870726044359I), Jul 26, 1987: Bbavia 7GCBC (N68564), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. During a step taxi run on float pond the aircraft struck an aircraft moored to the bank.
- [Accident 19830919050219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830919050219A), Sep 19, 1983: Bbavia 7GCBC (N68564), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Collided with sandbar during step taxiing in tanana river.

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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