# Incident 20211023017679I: Bellanca 7GCAA, Fisherville, KY, October 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2021, 18:10 local time
- Place: Fisherville, KY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1898° N, 85.4630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fisherville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1898&lon=-85.4630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68521, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68521) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211023017679I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS 15 MILES OF KLOU AND REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.  AIRCRAFT COULD NOT HOLD ALTITUDE AND FOUND AN OPEN FIELD 6 TO 7 MILES EAST AND LANDED.  THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND AIRCRAFT WAS TRUCKED OUT OF FIELD TO HANGER 2 WEEKS LATER DUE TO WEATHER.  INITIAL FINDINGS FROM MECHANIC SHOW THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS NOT FEEDING FUEL EVENLY AND ONE WING WAS FULL AND ONE WAS EMPTY.  AFTER FILLING EMPTY WING THE ENGINE INITIALLY WOULDN'T RUN ABOVE 1500RPM, BUT THEN BEGAN TO RUN WITHOUT ISSUE.  MECHANIC STATED "WE ARE SURE IT WASN?T DELIVERING FUEL FROM BOTH TANKS EQUALLY AND ARE REASONABLE SURE THAT VENT CHECK VALVE ON THE TANK WITH FUEL LEFT IN IT IS THE PROBLEM."  THE AIRCRAFT IS DUE AN ANNUAL AND MECHANIC WILL PROVIDE LOGBOOK OF REPAIR ONCE COMPLETED.

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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