# Accident 20230828014159A: Bellanca 7ECA, Hopkinsville, KY, August 28, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2023, 12:16 local time
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Airport: Hopkinsville-Christian County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8570° N, 87.4551° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8570&lon=-87.4551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8679V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8679V-2024-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,812 total, 36 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA353) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230828014159A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 28TH AT 12:15 CST ONE OF TWO US ARMY CH-47 A SYNOPSIS OF THE PILOT'S STATEMENT INDICATES WHILE CONDUCTING RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERNS ON RUNWAY 08 TOOK OFF FROM MID FIELD AT KHVC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED DOWN TAXIWAY ALPHA AND ENTERED RUNWAY 08 AND TAXIWAY BRAVO INTERSECTION. AIRFIELD SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWS CH-47 PULLED PITCH AND PROCEEDED UPWIND AT 12:14:58. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL AT 12:16:05 AND AT 40’ AGL ENCOUNTERED THE HELICOPTERS ROTORWASH AND ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 135 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT ABRUPTLY. PILOT STATED HE INPUTTED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND AILERON TO TRY TO COUNTERACT THE ROLL. AIRPLANE WAS IN A SEVERE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. RIGHT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AND CAME TO A STOP IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OFF OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 08 AT MID FIELD.

NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY AS WELL AS NO POST EVENT FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA23LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA353), Aug 28, 2023: Bellanca 7ECA (N8679V), Hopkinsville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with helicopter wake turbulence during initial climb, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

## Other reports on N8679V (1)

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

- [Accident 19810517026759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810517026759A), May 17, 1981: Bbavia 7ECA (N8679V), Electra, TX, Substantial damage. Landed on ranch road. Wing struck fence-post. Turned airplane into fence.

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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