# Incident 19940106002379I: Bbavia 7ECA, San Jose, CA, January 6, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9198L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9198L-1996-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940106002379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT INCIDENT RECORD INVOLVING CITABRIA N9198L OCCURRING JANUARY 6, 1994. ON JANUARY 6, 1994 AT 1730 PST, A CITABRIA CH-10 OWNED AND OPERATED BY DAVID GRAY WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TERMINATING AT REID HILLVIEW AIRPORT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAVID GRAY, WHO WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, STATED IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION THAT HE WAS GIVING PROFICIENCY TRAINING TO MARK MASON ON THE OPERATION OF A TAIL WHEELED AIRCRAFT. MR. GRAY INDICATED THAT AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT TRAINING SESSION, THE STUDENT EXITED THE RUNWAY AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL TAXI SPEED, APPLIED BRAKES TOO HARD AND CAUSED THE NOSE TO DIP DOWN AND THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE DIRT NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. THERE WAS MINOR REPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY AND NO INJURIES. MR. GRAY ALSO STATED THAT THE ONSET DARKNESS HINDERED HIS ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND REACT TO THE STUDENT'S CONTROL INPUT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS COUNSELED ON THE IMPORTANCE INITIATING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO STUDENT ERRORS BEFORE THEY ESCALATE INTO ACCIDENT. THIS CONCLUDES THE INVESTIGATION AND THE REPORT IS CLOSED. NO 8020.11 WAS GENERATED, AND NO PILOT DEVIATION WAS FILED.

## Other reports on N9198L (1)

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

- [Accident 19950226002539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950226002539A), Feb 26, 1995: Bbavia 7ECA (N9198L), San Jose, CA, Destroyed. Lost power on climbout. Stalled turning back. Vertical impact. Burned. Cause undetermined. Igniters worn to limits.

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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