# Accident 19950704024589A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Long Beach, CA, July 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1995, 15:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7807° N, 118.1393° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7807&lon=-118.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8634, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8634-2006-04-05) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 626 total, 34 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950704024589A

## Narrative

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

TOW LINE FOULED RUDDER ON BANNER PICKUP. FULL RUDDER DEFLECTION. UNABLE JETISON BANNER. SNAGGED TREES. CRASHED.

## 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 LAX95LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA240), Jul 4, 1995: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8634), Long Beach, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the inadvertent entanglement of the banner tow cable with the rudder control system, which resulted in a full and uncorrectable deflection of the rudder, and the pilot's inability to control the…

## Other reports on N8634 (2)

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

- [Accident 20050614012009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050614012009A), Jun 14, 2005: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8634), Woodfords, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) According to an eyewitness, the aircraft was at approximately 200 ft. AGL. The aircraft rolled left to a steady 45 degree bank. The aircraft reached the…
- [Incident 19811021075179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811021075179I), Oct 21, 1981: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8634), Rocky Mount, NC, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed over on attempted takeoff from soft field.

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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