# Accident 20130906016539A: Bellanca 7ECA, Delavan, WI, September 6, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2013, 05:37 local time
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Airport: Lake Lawn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6339° N, 88.6011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6339&lon=-88.6011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86586, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86586-2018-03-16) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA528](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA528) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130906016539A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N86856, A BLANCA 7 ECA, HAD PLANNED A VFR FLIGHT FROM LAKE LAWN (C59) TO KENOSHA (ENW). THE WEATHER WAS VFR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AFTER BEGINNING A TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 36 THE PILOT BEGAN TO ROTATE. A LARGE BIRD, LATER DETERMINED TO BE A RED TAILED HAWK, STRUCK THE WINDSCREEN. IT THEN WENT OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT, BECOMING LODGED BETWEEN THE RUDDER HORN AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, YAWED TO THE RIGHT, STRUCK THE TETRAHEDRON, THE WIND SOCK, THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING, AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED. IT CAME TO REST INVERTED WITH THE NOSE POINTING TO THE SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS FROM WHERE IT BEGAN THE TAKEOFF ROLL, 50 YARDS EAST OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

DURING THE TAKEOFF THE PILOT HAD FULL POWER SET, ALONG WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RIGHT RUDDER APPLIED. IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT RETARDED POWER AFTER IMPACT, BUT HAD THE BIRD WEDGED IN THE CONTROL SURFACE, ALONG WITH A BENT RUDDER HORN. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ARREST THE RIGHT YAW. THE PILOT WAS NOT CERTAIN HE HAD ANY BINDING IN THE RUDDER, EVENTS HAPPENED TOO FAST. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHED THE RIGHT YAW IT COULD NOT AVOID THE TETRAHEDRON OR WIND SOCK AT ITS LOW ALTITUDE, AND THE MISHAP OCCURRED.

## 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 CEN13CA528](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA528), Sep 6, 2013: Bellanca 7ECA (N86586), Delavan, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collision with a hawk during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and subsequent noseover.

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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