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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bellanca 7GCBC · Dixon, CA · August 10, 2023

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Date: August 10, 2023 · 02:50 local
Place: Dixon, CA
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N50443
Reported as: Bellanca 7GCBC
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total225 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N50443Registered now · Bellanca 7GCBCS/N 1128-79 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBellanca 7GCBC Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The pilot reported "we were out for a pleasure flight and decided to land at a crop duster strip paralleling highway 113 south of Dixon, CA. We have landed there multiple time in the past, we performed a low reconnaissance pass and determined it was safe to land. On the landing roll out I drifted to the right and the landing gear hit some weeds and some type of hole and the pulled us to the right and flipped us over. There were no injuries or property damage other then the aircraft itself."

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED "WE WERE OUT FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT AND DECIDED TO LAND AT A CROP DUSTER STRIP PARALLELING HIGHWAY 113 SOUTH OF DIXON, CA. WE HAVE LANDED THERE MULTIPLE TIME IN THE PAST, WE PERFORMED A LOW RECONNAISSANCE PASS AND DETERMINED IT WAS SAFE TO LAND. ON THE LANDING ROLL OUT I DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THE LANDING GEAR HIT SOME WEEDS AND SOME TYPE OF HOLE AND THE PULLED US TO THE RIGHT AND FLIPPED US OVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OTHER THEN THE AIRCRAFT ITSELF."

Other reports on N50443 · 1

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

Accident 19860808083862AFormation Flying · Van Nuys, CAThe aircraft was struck by N443E during formation flight. The pilot continued to destination and landed safely.Aug 8, 1986 · Substantial damage