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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7BCM · Ketchikan, AK · May 25, 1984

Date
May 25, 1984 · 15:00 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3731E
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA84LA117
Reported as
Bbavia 7BCM
Reported engine
Continental C8512
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,017 total26 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was making left turn near ground when gear and prop dug in causing aircraft to swing around 160 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS MAKING LEFT TURN NEAR GROUND WHEN GEAR AND PROP DUG IN CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SWING AROUND 160 DEGREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.