# Accident 20251010014609A: Bellanca 7GCBC, Bonilla, SD, October 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2025, 18:45 local time
- Place: Bonilla, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5624° N, 98.4671° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5624&lon=-98.4671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53853, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53853) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 145 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251010014609A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF ON PLEASURE FLIGHT AND THEN INTO THE FLIGHT REALIZED DARKNESS WAS COMING FASTER THAN I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO HOME FIELD.  DECIDED TO LAND IN A HARVESTED SOYBEAN FIELD.  GROUND WAS MORE UNEVEN THAN EXPECTED.  AIRCRAFT SANK IN SOFT DIRT AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 CEN26LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA019), Oct 10, 2025: Bellanca 7GCBC (N53853), Bonilla, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate flight planning and his failure to maintain aircraft control during the precautionary off-airport landing.

## Other reports on N53853 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920512020599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920512020599A), May 12, 1992: Bbavia 7GCBC (N53853), Longmont, CO, Substantial damage. Ground looped during landing,CFI was teaching transtion to tail wheel aircraft.

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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