# Accident 20130801014789A: Bellanca 7GCBC, West Yellowston, MT, August 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2013, 07:20 local time
- Place: West Yellowston, MT
- Airport: West Yellowstone
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5217° N, 111.1175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5217&lon=-111.1175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N926BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N926BW) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA362) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130801014789A

## Narrative

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

ON AUG 1, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0720L AT  WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA AIRPORT (KWYS), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PIC OF N926BW (CITABRIA 7GCBC), AND A PRIVATE PILOT RATED PASSENGER, INITIATED A LOCAL-AREA PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  ON INITIAL TAKEOFF, WITH THE PASSENGER ON THE CONTROLS, AND THE PIC "FOLLOWING" ON THE CONTROLS, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 19 AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY'S VASI LIGHTS.

THE PRIVATE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER (FRONT SEAT) WAS NOT TRAINED FOR CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT AND THE  ATP RATED PIC (REAR SEAT) DID NOT POSSES A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE. NEITHER THE PILOT, NOR PASSENGER WERE INJURED.  THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HAND WING STRUTS WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 WPR13CA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA362), Aug 1, 2013: Bellanca 7GCBC (N926BW), West Yellowstone, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and a collision with an approach slope indicator system component.

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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