19930220002979A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Palo Alto, CA · February 20, 1993

Date
February 20, 1993 · 11:52 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5506C
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX93LA128
Reported as
Bbavia 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total150 in this make and model

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.

Weathervaned into severe crosswind on landing then recrossed runway into mud and nosed over. Too much crosswind.

As the FAA filed it

WEATHERVANED INTO SEVERE CROSSWIND ON LANDING THEN RECROSSED RUNWAY INTO MUD AND NOSED OVER. TOO MUCH CROSSWIND.

NTSB investigation

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