Bellanca 7KCAB N8730V
23 August 2003 · McKinney, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 August 2003 at about 17:00 local time, a Bellanca 7KCAB registered N8730V was involved in an accident near McKinney, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- McKinney, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Aero Country (T31)
- Coordinates
- 33.2083, -96.7419
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Registration
- N8730V
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- McKinney → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW03LA206
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall during landing. A contributing factor was flaring too high.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor stated that he was demonstrating a forward slip to a landing when he "flared too high," and the airplane "stalled and impacted the runway." Subsequently, the airplane nosed over, and slid 150 feet down the runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Bellanca 7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2003 | Bellanca 7KCAB | Dover, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 May 2003 | Bellanca 7GCBC | Houston, Texas, United States | Texas Taildraggers | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 2003 | Bellanca 7GCBC | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 May 2003 | Bellanca 7GCBC | Reno, Nevada, United States | T. Brill | No injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 2003 | Bellanca 7ECA | Oxnard, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2003 | Bellanca 7ECA | Byers, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2003 | Piper PA-18A-150 | Roanoke, Texas, United States | Marcair | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 2003 | Robinson R22 BETA | Ozona, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Nov 2003 | Cessna 550 | Mineral Wells, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 2003 | Robinson R22 BETA | Houston, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 2003 | Boeing A75N1 | Houston, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2003 | Apex CAP 10B | Gladewater, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |