# Accident 20180804009939A: Bellanca 7GCAA, Lakewood, NJ, August 4, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2018, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lakewood, NJ
- Airport: Lakewood Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0639° N, 74.1822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0639&lon=-74.1822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87000, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87000-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCAA (registry code 1220501, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,094 total, 26 in this make and model, 333 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180804009939A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/04/2018 A BANNER AIRCRAFT, N87000 DROPPED A BANNER (PANEL) IN THE DESIGNATED DROP ZONE AT LAKEWOOD AIRPORT (N12).  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE THROTTLE WAS BROUGHT TO IDLE, AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED FOR ITS DROP.  THE BANNER WAS RELEASED AND FULL THROTTLE WAS APPLIED, FOR THE INITIAL CLIMB OUT TO JOIN THE DOWNWIND LEG TO RUNWAY 24. THE ENGINE DID NOT PRODUCE FULL POWER AND WAS?MAKING ABNORMAL COMBUSTION SOUNDS?.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL UNDER SOME POWER WHEN IT STUCK SMALL TREES APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET HIGH.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES OPPOSITE OF ITS FLIGHT PATH IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.  AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT DID SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.  CARBURETOR ICING PROBABILITY CHART SHOWED SERIOUS ICING PROBABILITY WITH GLIDE POWER.

AN AMENDMENT TO THIS REPORT WILL BE REQUIRED AS INFORMATION IS OBTAINED; CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE 8020-23, AT THIS TIME ARE ABSENT.

11/08/2018:

ENGINE CONTINUITY CHECK WAS PERFORMED AT LAKEWOOD AIRPORT (N12), LAKEWOOD, NJ. ON 10/19/2018:  THERE WERE NO FINDINGS THAT WOULD PERTAIN TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE.  FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE GASCOLATOR/FUEL STRAINER.  FUEL WAS CLEAN NO ISSUES.  THERE WAS POSITIVE COMPRESSION ON BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM SPARK PLUGS, THERE WAS OBSERVED SPARK FROM THE IGNITION LEAD ENDS.

## 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 ERA18LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA210), Aug 4, 2018: Champion 7GCAA (N87000), Lakewood, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat in weather conditions conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power due to the formation of carburetor ice, a forced…

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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