# Accident 20140920017369A: Bellanca 7GCBC, MT, September 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2014, 10:18 local time
- Place: MT
- Airport: Meadow Creek Usfs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8494° N, 113.4175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8494&lon=-113.4175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714TM) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total, 22 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140920017369A

## Narrative

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

N714TM APPROACHED MEADOW CREEK USFS GRASS STRIP  (3600X60) FOR A LANDING ON 35.   THIS IS RECOMMENDED LANDING DIRECTION IN MONTANA DOT AERONAUTICS DIVISION AIRPORT DIRECTORY. CONDITIONS WERE VFR.  WINDSOCK AT ACCIDENT POINT CAUGHT IN PICTURES INDICATES LIGHT WIND, MOSTLY A DIRECT CROSSWIND OR POSSIBLE TAILWIND COMPONENT.  ESTIMATED WIND VALUE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.  GLACIER PARK ATIS INDICATED ZERO WIND AT 1555Z.  ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT HAD GOPRO CAMERA MOUNTED ON RIGHT SIDE STRUT, TAKING PICTURES AT FOUR SECOND INTERVALS.  PICTURES AND PILOT STATEMENT INDICATE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE THREE POINT ATTITUDE AND BOUNCED.  TO RECOVER, PILOT SAYS HE PUT IN "FORWARD STICK" TO GET THE WHEELS BACK ON THE GROUND.   PILOT INDICATES AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON GROUND FOR A BRIEF PERIOD BEFORE FLIPPING.  HE SAYS HE THOUGHT HE HIT A HOLE OR OTHER IMPEDIMENT.  CAMERA PHOTOS ALSO INIDCATE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE BEEN ROLLING ON THE MAINS FOR A PERIOD OF SECONDS BEFORE FLIPPING.  ON SITE INVESTIGATION  INDICATES  3 PROP STRIKE AREAS, THEN A LINEAR AREA DUG BY THE INBOARD LEFT MAIN WHEEL WHERE THE BRAKE/CALIPER IS.  THIS WAS INDICATED BY CLUMPS OF DIRT ON THE THE INBOARD LEFT MAIN WHEEL ON THE FLIPPED AIRCRAFT.  THIS LINEAR DUG UP AREA TERMINATES AT A CONCRETE SEGMENTED CIRCLE USED TO INDICATE THE HELICOPER LANDING AREA.  THE FOWARD MOTION DISTANCE FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE FIRST IMPACT  OF PROP TO FLIP WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET.

## 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 WPR14CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA384), Sep 20, 2014: Bellanca 7GCBC (N714TM), Meadow Creek, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare and failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.

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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