# Accident 20160704013639A: Bellanca 7ECA, Oakridge, LA, July 4, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Oakridge, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6389° N, 91.7736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6389&lon=-91.7736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87083, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87083-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 78 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160704013639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON GRASS STRIP, APPROX. 2500 FT. PILOT INITIATED A SHORTFIELD TAKEOFF. WHEN ENG REACHED FULL RPM, PILOT RELEASED BREAKS. PILOT THEN NOTICED A SLIGHT RPM DROP, BUT RPMS DID GO BACK TO FULL. PILOTS NOTICED HE WASN'T BUILDING AS MUCH AIRSPEED AS NEEDED AT A CERTAIN POINT ON RUNWAY. PILOT STARTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT CAME OFF GROUND SLIGHTLY. PILOT LOST CONTROL HITTING DITCH, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN16LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA250), Jul 4, 2016: Bellanca 7ECA (N87083), Oak Ridge, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the aborted takeoff, which resulted in it becoming airborne momentarily and then over running 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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