Bellanca 7GCBC N256J

Summary

On 5 November 2001 at about 21:00 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N256J, operated by Same AS Pilot, was involved in an accident near Hawley, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 November 2001 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hawley, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Private (MY99)

Coordinates

46.8500, -96.2333

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N256J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Same AS Pilot

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Detroit Lakes → Hawley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA038

1 person had minor injuries.

the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control. A factor was the trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The aircraft struck trees during an aborted landing. The pilot lost directional control and then became airborne again. The pilot stated "When I again touched down I was approx 30 angle to the runway, heading 310 looking directly at runway marker. I pushed throttle to full power (too fast) which caused the engine to spit and sputter. I was able to lift up enough to miss runway marker but was not gaining any more altitude. The terrain below was going down because of side hill, then came the trees which are on the neighbors property north of strip, I didn't think I could bank to the left hard enough to miss the trees without having left wing touch the ground. So instead I banked some to the left to avoid direct fuselage hit to tree limbs. My right wing hit the tree, then I fell approx 30-40 feet straight into a small pond/swamp".

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.