# Accident 19880709026139A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Cooper Landing, AK, July 9, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Cooper Landing, AK
- Airport: Quartz Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4843° N, 149.7229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUARTZ CREEK (JLA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4843&lon=-149.7229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88276, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88276) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 121 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC88LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880709026139A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING A STEP TAXI TURN AIRCRAFT RAN AGROUND AND STRUCK TREES ALONG SHORELINE. TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF.

## 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 ANC88LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA087), Jul 10, 1988: Bellanca 7GCBC (N88276), Quartz Creek, AK, substantial damage

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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