# Incident 20150324004909I: Bellanca 7KCAB, San Jose, CA, March 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2015, 11:47 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- 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: N1701H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1701H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 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/20150324004909I

## Narrative

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

CITABRIA 7KCAB N1701H DEPARTED RUNWAY 31L. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL, ENGINE RPM DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE CFI IN THE BACK SEAT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE TACH. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND. THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A SHARP TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO LAND ON PARALLEL RUNWAY 13L. THE CFI SUCCESSFULLY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT JUST PAST THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 13L. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BROKEN MUFFLER BAFFLE THAT WAS PLUGGING THE SINGLE EXHAUST STACK. THE SINGLE MUFFLER WITH SINGLE STACK COLLECTS FROM ALL FOUR CYLINDERS. THE LOOSE PEICE OF MUFFLER BAFFLE HAD A CLEAN EDGE WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE OF WELDING. THE LOOSE PEICE WAS THE CIRCULAR END CAP OF THE INTERNAL MUFFLER BAFFLE.

## Other reports on N1701H (1)

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

- [Accident 20170902015889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170902015889A), Sep 2, 2017: Bellanca 7KCAB (N1701H), Winnemucca, NV, Substantial damage. Aircraft refueled at kwmc and told fueler that he was headed back to burning man (NV88) Upon take off at kwmc, pilot lost control of the aircraft and departed…

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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