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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GCBC · Blanca, CO · February 18, 1996

Date
February 18, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place
Blanca, CO
Airport
Blanca Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8674V
Reported as
Bbavia 7GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total100 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: prior to takeoff pilot elected to use taxiway due to 20KT cross wind to runway. After aircraft was airborne it began to settle abruptly striking perimeter fence with prop and left main gear. Aircraft sustained damage to prop and left gear structure. No injuries incurred during flight.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PRIOR TO TAKEOFF PILOT ELECTED TO USE TAXIWAY DUE TO 20KT CROSS WIND TO RUNWAY. AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE IT BEGAN TO SETTLE ABRUPTLY STRIKING PERIMETER FENCE WITH PROP AND LEFT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROP AND LEFT GEAR STRUCTURE. NO INJURIES INCURRED DURING FLIGHT.