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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Bellanca 8KCAB · Rock Springs, WY · October 19, 2020

Date
October 19, 2020 · 08:30 local
Place
Rock Springs, WY
Airport
Sweetwater County Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7654S
Reported as
Bellanca 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total550 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pistol grip came loose and jammed under instrument panel. Loss of control

As the FAA filed it

PISTOL GRIP CAME LOOSE AND JAMMED UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL. LOSS OF CONTROL