# Incident 20180126006149I: Bellanca 7GCBC, Louisville, KY, January 26, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2018, 14:40 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5053L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5053L) (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: 67 total, 6 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180126006149I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1440 ON 1/26/2018, RUNWAY 24, AT LOU.  LOW TIME PILOT, SECOND TIME SOLO IN TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT.  WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 24, WINDS REPORTED AT 190 DEGREES AT 15 GUSTS TO 25.  DURING THE THIRD LANDING, PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE CROSSWIND AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY IMPACTING THE GROUND WITH NOSE AND RIGHT WING TIP.  AN OPERATIONS INSPECTOR FROM THE LOUISIVLLE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE BOWMAN LOU AIRPORT SUPERINTENDENT.  HE RELOCATED THE AIRCRAFT TO A SECURED T-HANGAR.

## Other reports on N5053L (1)

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

- [Incident 20170121007169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170121007169I), Jan 21, 2017: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5053L), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Mishap pilot loss directional control due to hard landing, resulting in right main landing gear axle to depart the aircraft.

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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