# Accident 20250629007459A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Helena, MT, June 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2025, 20:55 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6058° N, 111.9799° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6058&lon=-111.9799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50476, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50476) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 50 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250629007459A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 29, 2025 AT 2055 LOCAL TIME A PRIVATELY OPERATED BELLANCA CITABRIA, WITH ONE PILOT ON BOARD, WAS LANDING AT THE HELENA REGIONAL AIRPORT (HLN). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT’S RIGHT WHEEL AND TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE RIGHT WING IN A NOSE FORWARD ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, RIGHT WING, AND MAIN GEAR. DURING THE POST CRASH INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE WELDS THAT ATTACH TO THE FRAME. CASUAL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: NONE. NO ATC ACTIONS CONTRIBUTORY TO THE EVENT. NO RECOMENDADTIONS FOR SYSTEMIC CORRECTIVE ACTION. ACTION TAKEN TO CORRECT HE PROBLEM AND PREVENT REOCCURANCE: PILOT WAS COUNSELED THROUGH COMPLIANCE ACTION PROCESS. SAS ID: NM05202502073

## 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 WPR25LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA194), Jun 30, 2025: Bellanca 7GCBC (N50476), Helena, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

## Other reports on N50476 (1)

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

- [Accident 20080727840469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080727840469A), Jul 27, 2008: Bbavia 7GCBC (N50476), Helena, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 27, 2008, at 1511 MST, a bellana 7GCBC, N50476 registered to sleeping giant flying club, ground looped on runway 9 at the Helena Regional Airport…

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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