# Accident 20150608008639A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Kadoka, SD, June 8, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2015, 16:15 local time
- Place: Kadoka, SD
- Airport: Kadoka Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 2SEG
- Location: 43.8333° N, 101.4972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8333&lon=-101.4972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11698, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11698-2018-03-20) (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: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150608008639A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/08/2015, AT 1615 LOCAL, A 1972 BELLANCA 7GCBC (SCOUT) OWNED BY SEMPER FI AVIATION LLC. WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT DURING THE CLIMB OUT FROM THE KADOKA AIRPORT FOR AN AERIAL APPLICATION. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE SOLE PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE KADOKA, SD AIRPORT (5V8) ON 06/08/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1610 HRS.

## 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 CEN15FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA264), Jun 8, 2015: Bellanca 7GCBC (N11698), Kadoka, SD, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in the airplane’s wing exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and a subsequent aerodynamic…

## Other reports on N11698 (1)

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

- [Accident 20080914846429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080914846429A), Sep 14, 2008: Bbavia 7GCBC (N11698), American Fork, UT, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot was flying in the mountains on the south side of a steep draw. He decided that he did not have enough altitude so he turned left to get out of…

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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