# Accident 20150520010369A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Winnsboro, SC, May 20, 2015 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 20, 2015, 09:40 local time - Place: Winnsboro, SC - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.3697° N, 81.0803° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3697&lon=-81.0803&mi=10 - Aircraft: N50595, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50595-2018-05-30) (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: 1 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 40 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA081) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150520010369A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MAY 20, 2015 AT ABOUT 9:40 AM, N50595 A BELLANCA, 7G-CBC AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NUMBER 1163-79 CRASHED ON APPROACH TO AN UNIMPROVED LANDING SITE NEAR WINNSBORO, SC, AT CAROLINA ADVENTURE WORLD, AN ATV PARK LOCATED AT 1515 ARROWHEAD ROAD, WINNSBORO, SC 29180. INSPECTORS FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) ARRIVED ON SEEN ON OR ABOUT 1100 HOURS EDT. THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH ON AN UNKNOWN HEADING WHEN HE REALIZED (TAKEN FROM HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT DATED 06/05/2015) ?I FELT THAT I WAS FLOATING AND TOO HIGH. I DECIDED TO GO AROUND FOR ANOTHER APPROACH. I MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN AND THE PLANE LOST LIFT. THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND?. THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WAS NOTED: ? THE FIRST GROUND IMPACT WAS THE LEFT WING TIP THIS WAS EVIDENT FROM THE BLUE PAINT FOUND AT THIS POINT. ? THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SCRAPE IN THE GROUND ABOUT 21 FEET IN LENGTH WITH EVIDENCE OF BLUE PAINT ON THE GROUND AND PIECES OF RED GLASS FROM THE LEFT NAVIGATION LENS. ? FOR THE NEXT SIX FEET THERE WERE NO MARKINGS ON THE GROUND, THEN AT THE SIX FOOT POINT THERE WAS MORE BROKEN RED LENS GLASS. ? THREE FEET LATER WE FOUND THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF THE PROPELLER STRIKE. ? IN THREE MORE FEET A SECOND PROPELLER STRIKE WAS FOUND IN THE GROUND. ? SIX FEET AFTER THE SECOND PROPELLER STRIKE WE FOUND MORE RED LENS GLASS AND BLUE PAINT. ? THEN WE NOTICED A LONG PROPELLER SCAR IN THE GROUND SPANNING ABOUT 3 FEET IN LENGTH. ? THE NEXT MARK WAS 6 FEET FURTHER IN THE LINE OF TRAVEL WITH BLUE PAINT ON THE LEFT SIDE AND 6 FOOT LONG SCAPE IN THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE. POSSIBLY CAUSED BY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKING OF THE AIRCRAFT. ? SEVEN FEET FURTHER A FEW SMALL PARTS WERE FOUND. ? 9 FEET FURTHER, HALF OF A BRAKE HOUSING WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND. ? 20 FEET FURTHER A MAIN TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND. ? 7 FEET FURTHER THE NOSE COWLING WAS FOUND. ? 5 FEET FURTHER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FACING IN A NE DIRECTION. ? THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE RIGHT WING TIP AND THE PROP RING GEAR WAS FOUND ANOTHER 20 FEET FROM THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ABOUT 90 FEET FROM THE FIRST POINT OF IMPACT TO THE POINT THE AIRCRAFT CEASED MOVEMENT. THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED: ? THE LEFT AXLE WAS BROKEN OFF OF THE LEFT GEAR STRUT AND WAS MISSING THE WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY. ? THE RIGHT GEAR STRUT WAS BROKEN OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT. ? THE RIGHT TIRE WAS FOUND IN FRONT OF THE NOSE COWLING. ? THE LEFT BRAKE HOUSING WAS FOUND STILL ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE HOSE AND BROKEN OFF OF THE AXLE. ? THE RIGHT BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN OFF OF THE BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLY. ? ALL PROPELLER MOUNT BOLTS WERE SHEARED OFF AND THE PROPELLER AND RING GEAR WAS FOUND TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. ? THE CENTER OF THE FIREWALL WAS CAVED IN FROM THE IMPACT OF THE ENGINE. ? THE PILOTS UPPER CORNER OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL HAD THE RIVETS PULLED OR SHEARED AND WAS GAPED OPEN SEVERAL INCHES. ? BOTH WING STRUTS WERE BENT IN SEVERAL PLACES. ? BOTH WINGS WERE DAMAGED INCLUDING THE WOODEN SPARS WHICH WERE BROKEN. ? TUBE STRUCTURE FORWARD OF THE TAIL WHEEL WAS DAMAGED. ? THE RUDDER WAS DAMAGED. ? THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE RIGHT FLAP WAS DAMAGED. ? THE WINDSHIELD AND THE OVERHEAD PLEXIGLASS WERE BROKEN. ## 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 GAA15CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA081), May 20, 2015: Citabria 7GCBC (N50595), Winnsboro, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's execution of a steep left turn at low altitude during an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, and a collision with terrain. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.