# Accident 20160921019509A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Big River, AK, September 21, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2016, 17:30 local time
- Place: Big River, AK
- Airport: Unnamed Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7403° N, 152.2117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7403&lon=-152.2117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5507K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5507K-2019-10-05) (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 L26683-27A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160921019509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS IN ROUTE TO A CAMP WHEN ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATION BEGAN.

FUMES AND SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN.

THE PILOT'S VISION WAS OBSCURED BY APPARENT SMOKE.

PILOT SELECTED  EMERGENCY LANDING SPOT AND DUE TO OBSCURED VISION, LANDED SHORT OF INTENDED STRIP.

PILOT STATED HE CHECKED OIL AFTER LANDING AND IT WAS LOW.

## 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 ANC16CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA073), Sep 22, 2016: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5507K), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate glidepath during landing, which resulted in an unintended touchdown before the chosen landing area.

## Other reports on N5507K (1)

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

- [Accident 19790401019559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790401019559A), Apr 1, 1979: Blanca 7GCBC (N5507K), Bristol, WI, Substantial damage. Engine stopped during banner tow operation. Landed in soft field. Flipped over. .

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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