# Incident 20151106018289I: Bellanca 8GCBC, Fort Smith, AR, November 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2015, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3859° N, 94.3985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Smith, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3859&lon=-94.3985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5057K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5057K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,600 total, 75 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151106018289I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 6, 2015, AT 0930 CST, A BELLANCA SCOUT, N5057K, REGISTERED TO ELY AG SERVICES, LLC, PROPELLER CONTACTED RUNWAY 1 ON LANDING AT FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT POTEAU, OKLAHOMA, ON NOVEMBER 6, 2015, AT 0900 CST.

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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