# Accident 20170121000479A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Wellington, TX, January 21, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2017, 14:20 local time
- Place: Wellington, TX
- Airport: Marian Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8501° N, 100.2103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8501&lon=-100.2103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91Z-2018-08-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 492 total, 111 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170121000479A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 21,2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1420, A BELLANCA 7GCBC AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N91Z, REGISTERED TO RICHARD W. WOLF BUT, RECENTLY PURCHASED BY BOEDECKER FLYING SERVICE.  IMPACTED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 35 AT MARION AIRPARK IN WELLINGTON TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MARION AIRPARK IN WELLINGTON TEXAS.

## 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 CEN17FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA080), Jan 21, 2017: Bellanca 7GCBC (N91Z), Wellington, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to perform a steep turn at low altitude, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.