# Accident 20180607015399A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Arlington, WA, June 7, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2018, 11:45 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1636° N, 122.1633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1636&lon=-122.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3202H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3202H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 12 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA328) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180607015399A

## Narrative

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

6/7/18 - FIRST NOTIFIED OF INCIDENT/ACCIDENT FROM REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER AT APROXIMATELY. 1215 LOCAL TIME. PILOT EXPLAINED THAT A THE END OF HIS ROLL-OUT HE APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE PLANE NOSED OVER AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, TAIL AND ENGINE COWL. NO INJURIES.

6/14/18 - INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AT AWO. FOUND PROP DAMAGE, CURLED BLADE TIPS INDICATIVE OF PROP STRIKE UNDER POWER. SPINNER, RUDDER, COWL, AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FORMERS BEHIND FIREWALL. DAMAGE IS SUBSTANTIAL TO FIREWALL SUPPORTS AND TO RUDDER.

PILOT STATEMENT:I LANDED AT AWO ON RUNWAY 16 APPROXIMATELY 11:45. I WAS ROLLING DOWN RUNWAY TOWARDS EXIT.

I THINK I RELAXED ON THE STICK AS I HIT MY BRAKES.

THE TAIL CAME UP AS I STARTED TURNING LEFT WAS UNABLE TO STOP TAIL COMING UP HIT PROP.

STOPPED NOSE DOWN ON RUN WAY.

6/20/18 - ALL AIRCRAFT RECORDS APPEAR TO BE CURRENT. CURRENT ANNUAL. PILOTS CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL CURRENT.

## 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 GAA18CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA328), Jun 7, 2018: Bellanca 7GCBC (N3202H), Arlington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s overapplication of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.

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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