# Accident 20170620009329A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Edgewood, NM, June 20, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2017, 17:00 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Airport: Sandia Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0947° N, 106.1644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0947&lon=-106.1644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88237, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88237) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 813 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA357) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170620009329A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 20, 2017, AT 1700 MDT, A BELLANCA 7GCBC, N88237, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED RUNWAY 09 AT SANDIA AIRPARK (1N1), SANDIA PARK, NM WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PILOT, THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 GAA17CA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA357), Jun 21, 2017: Bellanca 7GCBC (N88237), Edgewood, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to take off with a gusting tailwind, which resulted in a loss of pitch control during the initial climb and a subsequent hard landing and loss of directional control.

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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