# Accident 20150514007039A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Juntura, OR, May 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2015, 10:32 local time
- Place: Juntura, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7597° N, 118.0883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7597&lon=-118.0883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5042P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5042P-2018-03-14) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 432 total, 418 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150514007039A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THREE ELECTRICAL POWER LINES WHICH WERE ABOVE THE POWER POLES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED ABOUT 50 YARDS BEYOND THE POWER LINE. NO FIRE OCCURED.

## 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 WPR15FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA161), May 14, 2015: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5042P), Juntura, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid power lines while intentionally maneuvering at low altitude for the aerial observation flight.

## Other reports on N5042P (1)

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

- [Accident 19880622022739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880622022739A), Jun 22, 1988: Bbavia 7GCBC (N5042P), Dorris, CA, Substantial damage. Swerved off runway and crashed while avoiding collision with an antelope that had run onto the runway.

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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