# Incident 19950204006259I: Bbavia 7GCBC, Fairbanks, AK, February 4, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1995, 17:50 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8803, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8803) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950204006259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO UNEXPECTED HEAD WINDS TRIP WAS TAKING MUCH LONGER TO COMPLETE THAN ANTICIPATED. TRIP ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. AS PILOT APPROACHED NENANA, APPROX. 40 S OF FAIRBANKS. IT APPEARED FUEL WAS NOT FEEDING FROM RIGHT TANK. PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT FAIRBANKS, RATHER THAN PROCEED FARTHER TO BRADLEY SKY RANCH. AS AIRCRAFT WAS ON SKIES HE ELECTED TO LAND ON SKI STRIP 01 BUT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH FAIRBANKS INT'L & MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED TAXIWAY LIGHTS AS SKI STRIP 01. AT THIS SAME TIME HE DISCOVERED LANDING LIGHT BURNED OUT. HE REALIZED MISTAKE JUST AS HE TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF SKI STRIP. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. COUNSELED PILOT ON NIGHT FLYING KNOWLEDGE AND EQUIPMENT.

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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