# Accident 19880528024119A: Bbavia 7ECA, Sonoma, CA, May 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1988, 08:10 local time
- Place: Sonoma, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Sky Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2575° N, 122.4346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SONOMA SKYPARK (0Q9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2575&lon=-122.4346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4139Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4139Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 818 total, 35 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880528024119A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT BOUNCED ON LANDING AND LOST CONTROL. CFI OVER CORRECTED AND AIRCRAFT VEERED OTHER WAY. OVERTURNED IN DITCH.

## 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 LAX88LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA202), May 28, 1988: Bellanca 7ECA (N4139Y), Sonoma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SUPERVISE THE FLIGHT AND RECOVER FROM THE STUDENT PILOT'S BOUNCED LANDING.

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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