# Accident 20121104025949A: Bellanca 7ECA, Kenai, AK, November 4, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2012, 12:15 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai, Alaska
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31281, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31281) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 93 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121104025949A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE OFF FROM KENAI, ALASKA (ENA), LEVELED OFF AT 900 FEET TO PATTERN, ENGINE STOPPED (NOT SEIZED). ACTUATED CARB HEAT, ROTATED FUEL TANK SELECTOR ON/OFF, NO HELP. KENAI TOWER NOTIFIED OF ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT MADE A POWER OFF LANDING APPROXIMATELEY 1/2 MILE FROM END OF RUNWAY. HARD LANDING RESULTING IN MAIN GEAR SPRINGS BENT UP (SPRUNG), TAIL WHEEL PUSHED UP AND MADE CONTACT WITH RUDDER AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL POSITION. TUNDRA TUSSOCKS MADE CONTACT ON BELLY OF AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN TORN FABRIC AND POSSIBLE FLIGHT CONTROL BELLCRANK DAMAGE. NO PROP STRIKE DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC13LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA008), Nov 4, 2012: Bellanca 7ECA (N31281), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat when he reduced engine power.

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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