# Accident 20180423023979A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Andover, NJ, April 23, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2018, 11:50 local time
- Place: Andover, NJ
- Airport: Aeroflex-Andover
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0086° N, 74.7381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0086&lon=-74.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8737V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8737V-2020-08-02) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180423023979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AIRPORT AND STARTED LOSING POWER ON THE CLIMB OUT AND MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND LANDED BACK AT THE AIRPORT. PILOT LOOKED OVER THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND PERFORMED A GROUND RUN AT FULL POWER FOR ONE MINUTE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER TAKE OFF. ON THE SECOND CLIMB OUT THE ENGINE LOST COMPLETE POWER AND PILOT PUT AIRPLANE INTO THE LAKE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR18LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA125), Apr 23, 2018: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8737V), Andover, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N8737V (1)

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

- [Incident 20060724016249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060724016249I), Jul 24, 2006: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8737V), Belmar/Farmingd, NJ. (-23) PIC stated that upon completion of his banner tow assignment he was returning to blm. In the vicinity of the garden state parkway the engine of his…

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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