# Incident 20131003022609I: Bellanca 7ECA, San Jose, CA, October 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2013, 07:59 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990WY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N990WY) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131003022609I

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 3, 2013, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(WHO WORKS FOR AERO DYNAMIC AVIATION) AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF IN AIRCRAFT N990WY FROM REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT. THIS WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS, ALL ITEMS ON THE CHECKLIST WERE IN ORDER AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS IN THE RUN UP AREA. N990WY TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 31R. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS AFTER A FEW SECONDS DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF HE HAD DONE ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ANSWERED THAT HE HAD DONE NOTHING. THE FUEL MIXTURE WAS RICH AND THE THROTTLE WAS COMPLETELY OPEN. AT THAT POINT THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE INITIALLY WANTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 13, BUT DIDN?T KNOW IF HE WOULD LOSE POWER IN THE TURN. AFTER THE FIRST LOSS OF POWER, THE AIRCRAFT THE RPM BEGAN TO INCREASE AND THEY BEGAN TO SLOWLY CLIMB. THEY BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AGAIN AND, HAVING NO OTHER SAFE PLACE TO LAND, THEY WERE ABLE TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ON CAPITAL EXPRESSWAY. THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE DONE, EITHER TO THE CREW OR THE AIRCRAFT, OR TO ANYONE ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N990WY (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19951216045389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216045389A), Dec 16, 1995: Bbavia 7ECA (N990WY), Mason, MI, Substantial damage. Engine failed respond on touch and go. Passed under wires end strip. Engine responded. Wing hit utility pole. (-23) pilot was performing touch and go's at…

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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