Incident Bellanca 8KCAB Super Decathlon N787AC,
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Date:Tuesday 6 October 2020
Time:c. 15:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic BL8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bellanca 8KCAB Super Decathlon
Owner/operator:Inverted Flight Inc
Registration: N787AC
MSN: 831-99
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Gilmer County Airport (49A), Ellijay, GA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK/KPK)
Destination airport:Gilmer County Airport, GA (49A)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Bellanca 8KCAB Super Decathlon registered to Inverted Flight, Inc, nosed over to an inverted ground position following a hard landing and subsequent loss of the left main landing gear wheel at Gilmer County Airport (49A), Ellijay, Georgia. The tailwheel equipped airplane sustained substantial vertical stabilizer damage. The two occupants onboard the aircraft received minor injuries.

Sources:

https://gilmer.fetchyournews.com/2020/10/06/airport-reopened-today-after-plane-crash-injures-two/
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N787AC
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N787AC

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/4/57535_1366077480.jpg (photo)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Oct-2020 05:57 Geno Added
07-Oct-2020 07:09 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]

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