# Incident 20220307003859I: Bellanca 7GCAA, Bellingham, WA, March 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2022, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7534° N, 122.4702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellingham, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7534&lon=-122.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36251, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36251) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,409 total, 500 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220307003859I

## Narrative

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

ON 7 MAR, 2022, AT BELLINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBLI), N36251, BELLANCA S/N: 274-73 WAS PARKED BETWEEN THE END OF TWO HANGAR ROWS AT WAYPOINT AVIONICS (4WPR) WHILE AVIONICS WORK WAS BEING ACCOMPLISHED.  AFTER WORK WAS COMPLETED, N36251 WAS PREPARING TO DEPART BY TAXIING WEST TO TURN RIGHT BETWEEN THE HANGAR ROWS TO HEAD NORTH.  PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED THAT AS HE APPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE, IT FADED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN SHARP ENOUGH TO GO NORTH BETWEEN THE HANGAR ROWS.  THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED A HANGAR DOOR SWINGING N36251 INTO THE HANGAR.  PIC REPORTED HE PULLED THE MIXTURE TO KILL THE ENGINE.  THE PROPELLER CONTINUED TO SPIN AS THE SPINNER HIT THE HANGAR DOOR.  THE PROP SPINNER PUNCTURED THE HANGAR DOOR.  THE PROPELLER ALSO PUNCTURED THE HANGAR DOOR TO THE LOWER LEFT QUADRANT SIDE OF THE SPINNER DOOR DAMAGE; ABOUT 45 DEGREES OF TRAVEL.  N36251 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH CONSISTED OF: SPINNER DAMAGE, SCRATCHES TO THE PROPELLER LEADING EDGES, AND A LEFT WINGTIP SURFACE DING.   THIS WAS A LATE REPORT.

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