# Incident 20190810013649I: Bellanca 7ECA, Marion, IA, August 10, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Marion, IA
- Airport: Marion Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0298° N, 91.5317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARION (C17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0298&lon=-91.5317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53842, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53842) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Reported engine: AVCO LYCOMING 0-235-C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,824 total, 42 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190810013649I

## Narrative

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

LANDING TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAVEMENT IN GRASS AREA OF RUNWAY 17. STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE AND STRUCK TWO RUNWAY MARKER CONES. DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND THE INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND ELECTED TO EXECUTE A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD ABOUT A MILE AND HALF SOUTHWEST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 17. FIRST MARKER CONE WAS DAMAGED BUT STILL IN PLACE ON AIRFIELD. SECOND MARKER CONE WAS FOUND AT THE CRASH SITE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT TAIL.

## Other reports on N53842 (1)

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

- [Accident 19831114057449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831114057449A), Nov 14, 1983: Bbavia 7ECA (N53842), St Joseph, MO, Substantial damage. Left main landing gear attach bolt failed during a touch and go. Left gear collapsed on next landing.

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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