# Accident 20240518006899A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Logan, UT, May 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2024, 10:13 local time
- Place: Logan, UT
- Airport: Private Property Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5851° N, 111.9042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5851&lon=-111.9042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41685, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41685-2024-12-28) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240518006899A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN DEPARTED UNDER VFR FROM SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL U42 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 (LOCAL) ON 05/18/2024. THE AIRMAN WAS FLYING TO A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP NEAR LOGAN UTAH. UPON ARRIVING OVER THE PRIVATE GRASS STRIP, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 (LOCAL) THE AIRMAN OVERFLEW THE FIELD TO CHECK FOR OBSTRUCTIONS AND ASSESS THE LANDING AREA. THE AIRMAN HAD MADE 3 PREVIOUS LANDINGS ON THIS PRIVATE STRIP. THE SKY WAS CLEAR, AND THE WIND WAS CALM. IN THEIR ASSESSMENT, THE FIELD APPEARED SUITABLE FOR LANDING. THE AIRMAN SET THE AIRCRAFT UP AND PERFORMED A DOWNWIND, BASE, AND FINAL LEG TO THE LANDING STRIP. ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE FUNCTIONING NORMAL. THE AIRMAN FLARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. ON THE ROLLOUT WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRMAN STATED IT ENCOUNTERED A RUT THAT WAS NOT VISIBLE DURING THE FLY OVER OR IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL ENCOUNTERED THE RUT IN THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRMAN REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR CUTS ON HIS HANDS. THE AIRMAN'S PHONE AUTOMATICALLY CALLED 911. THE AIRMAN STATED HE DID NOT HAVE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

## 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 ANC24LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA034), May 18, 2024: Bellanca 7GCBC (N41685), Wellsville, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N41685 (2)

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

- [Incident 19900514037429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900514037429I), May 14, 1990: Bbavia 7GCBC (N41685), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. Wheel axle broke off at weld on takeoff. Replaced wheel and axle.
- [Accident 19760503010259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760503010259A), May 3, 1976: Blanca 7GCBC (N41685), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Acrft hit metal barrels used to form segmented circle.

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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