# Accident 20121207027909A: Bellanca 7ECA, Tehachapi, CA, December 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Airport: Tehachapi Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1350° N, 118.4392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1350&lon=-118.4392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8595V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8595V) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 197 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121207027909A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/07/12, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SANTA PAULA AIRPORT (SZP) ENROUTE TO TEHACHAPI AIRPORT (TSP). PILOT FLEW INTO FOG DURING APPROACH TO TEHACHAPI (TSP). AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 1.5 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT IN A PLOWED FIELD. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT ESCAPED UNINJURED.

## 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 WPR13CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA065), Dec 8, 2012: Bellanca 7ECA (N8595V), Tehachapi, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's continued descent into instrument meteorological conditions during the landing approach and his loss of situational awareness, which resulted in a collision with…

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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