# Accident 20140725016489A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Caputa, SD, July 25, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Caputa, SD
- Airport: Airport Name
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9772° N, 102.9817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9772&lon=-102.9817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5530K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5530K-2023-02-04) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA392) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140725016489A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR DEPARTED ON A PRIVATE AIRFIELD SE OF OF CAPUTA, SD.  THERE WAS A SLIGHT BREEZE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WEST/NORTHWEST.  THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE STUDENT DID NOT HAVE THE THROTTLE PUSHED ALL THE WAY FORWARD ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL.  HE SAID HE PUSHED IT UP TO FULL.  THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ABOUT 1/2 MILE, DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE AND HIT A HILL NEAR SD HIGHWAY 44.  NEITHER OCCUPANT RECEIVED INJURY.  THE PROPELLER WAS BENT, THE LANDING GEAR BENT BACK, AND THE WINGTIPS RECEIVED DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAULED BACK TO THE HANGAR AND EVENTUALLY MOVED TO SPEARFISH, SD.  THERE WERE NO KNOWN MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN14CA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA392), Jul 26, 2014: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5530K), Caputa, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper takeoff procedure and the flight instructor's failure to take control of the airplane and abort the takeoff.

## Other reports on N5530K (1)

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

- [Accident 19910624023849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910624023849A), Jun 24, 1991: Bbavia 7GCBC (N5530K), Newcastle, WY, Substantial damage. Right main gear axle flange separated on takeoff. Gear leg plowed a furrow and aircraft flipped over. Farm field.

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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