# Accident 20230810021469A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Dixon, CA, August 10, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2023, 02:50 local time
- Place: Dixon, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4475° N, 121.8242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dixon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4475&lon=-121.8242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50443, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50443) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 225 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230810021469A

## Narrative

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

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."

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N50443 (1)

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

- [Accident 19860808083862A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860808083862A), Aug 8, 1986: Bbavia 7GCBC (N50443), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft was struck by N443E during formation flight. The pilot continued to destination and landed safely.

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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