# Accident 19800823037239A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Bolingbrook, IL, August 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1980, 12:20 local time
- Place: Bolingbrook, IL
- Airport: Clow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6861° N, 88.1070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bolingbrook, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6861&lon=-88.1070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6319N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6319N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 325 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823037239A

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING. LEFT WHEEL CAME OFF, AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED, NOSED OVER. WHEEL BOLTS FAILED. IMPACT DAMAGED GEAR

## 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 CHI80FEE44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE44), Aug 23, 1980: Champion 7GCAA (N6319N), Bolingbrook, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6319N (1)

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

- [Incident 20121223027889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121223027889I), Dec 23, 2012: Champion 7GCAA (N6319N), Lihue, HI, No damage. N6319N was in the traffic pattern, for runway 3, performing touch and goes at lih when on climb out of the 3rd pattern at about 300-400 feet he experienced a…

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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