# Accident 20120831020029A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Homer, AK, August 31, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2012, 14:00 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.5261° N, 151.3417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.5261&lon=-151.3417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57511, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57511-2013-10-23) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120831020029A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCAFT CRASHED IN A RIVER VALLEY APPROXAMATELY EIGHT MILES SOUTH EAST OF HOMER, AK. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF A WIRE STRIKE ON THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND DOWNED POWER LINES IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AS REPORTED AT HOMER WAS WIND 230 @ 3KT, VIS 3 SM IN LT RAIN AND MIST, CEILING 1200 FT WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 400FT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED NOSE FIRST INTO A GRAVEL BAR AT THE EDGE OF THE RIVER AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLOATS DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE DOWNRIVER.

## 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 ANC12FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12FA095), Aug 31, 2012: Bellanca 7GCBC (N57511), Homer, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid high tension power lines.

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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