# Accident 20190507004169A: Bellanca 7GCAA, Schlater, MS, May 7, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2019, 19:44 local time
- Place: Schlater, MS
- Airport: Schlater Ag Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6269° N, 90.3744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6269&lon=-90.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7665S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7665S) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190507004169A

## Narrative

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

ON THE AFOREMENTIONED DATE AND TIME AT SCHLATER AGRICULTURAL STRIP, THE PILOT WHO HAD BEEN VISITING FRIENDS ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 36, A PARTIALLY CONCRETE AND DIRT RUNWAY WITH WINDS REPORTED FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 TO 1500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PIC LEVELLED THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY AFTER ROTATE AND THEN BEGAN TO CLIMB. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLIMB WAS INITIATED, THE EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT INITIATED A LEFT TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST WHILE CONTINUING TO CLIMB. AT APPROXIMATELY 150 - 200 FEET ACCORDING  THE AIRCRAFT VISIBLY SLOWED AND THEN DOVE NOSE FIRST INTO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES DID NOT SPUTTER OR MAKE ANY UNUSUAL NOISES DURING THE EVOLUTION. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, WITH THE  WINGS EXHIBITING SKIN RIPPLING DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT. THE ENGINE AND FIREWALL WERE PUSHED AFT INTO THE FLIGHT STATION, WITH THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER BEING PARTIALLY SUNKEN INTO THE GROUND. THIS INSPECTOR AND THE NTSB REP REPRESENTATIVE ESTABLISHED POSITIVE CONTROL CABLE CONTINUITY FOR ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE THROTTLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK SEATS WERE IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE HAD BEEN CHANGED VIA SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE TO A LYCOMING IO-320-E2A FUEL INJECTED ENGINE IN 1994 SO CARBURETOR HEAT/ICING WERE NOT A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY IN ALL ASPECTS BASED ON INSPECTOR EXAMINATION. THE PILOT HELD A CURRENT SECOND CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. OF THE NINE FAA AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY INVESTIGATED, NONE WERE FOUND TO BE A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN19FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA138), May 7, 2019: Champion 7GCAA (N7665S), Schlater, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a stall.

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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