# Incident 20170211001409I: Bellanca 8GCBC, Dallas, TX, February 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2017, 08:52 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6813° N, 96.8688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS EXEC (RBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6813&lon=-96.8688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5063W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5063W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-C1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 816 total, 643 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170211001409I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2017 AT 0852 CST, A BELLANCA 8GCBC, N5063W, S/N 331-80, , LOST POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KRBD) WHILE CHANGING POWER SETTINGS FOR CRUISE.  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CITY OWNED PARK WITH AN ADDRESS OF 1700 WAGON WHEEL TRAIL.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL, INSTRUMENT, MULTI-ENGINE RATING.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KRBD) WITH A DESTINATION OF PARIS TEXAS (KPRX) FOR BANNER TOWING ON FEBRUARY 11, 2017 AT 0845 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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