# Incident 20160916015689I: Bellanca 7ECA, Palo Alto, CA, September 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2016, 14:41 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5054B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5054B) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160916015689I

## Narrative

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

PALO ALTO, CA (PAO): N5054B, CH7A, AT 2141Z N5054B DECLARED AN EMERGENCY 1 MILE OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY31. TRAINING WAS IN PROGRESS IN LC, THE LC INSTRUCTOR ISSUED THE WINDS, SENT TWO A/C AROUND ON FINAL, AND CLEARED THE A/C TO LAND RWY31 OR RWY13, THEIR CHOICE. THERE WERE TWO PERSONNEL ONBOARD, THEY ENDED UP LANDING 1.5 MILES NW OF PAO NEAR COOLEY LANDING FINE WITHOUT INJURY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ILLINOIS AND FORTHAM IN EAST PALO ALTO IN A MARSHY AREA. CHP 32 WAS CONVENIENTLY IN THE AIRSPACE AT THE TIME, AND LANDED ON SCENE. N5054B TAXIED OUT FOR DEPARTURE AT 2058Z AND HAD THE CURRENT ATIS INFORMATION, CHARLIE.

## Other reports on N5054B (1)

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

- [Incident 20061018024449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061018024449I), Oct 18, 2006: Bbavia 7ECA (N5054B), Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot ground looped airplane on landing.

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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