# Incident 19960606021819I: Bbavia 7GCBC, Naknek, AK, June 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Airport: Naknek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.7991° N, 156.8999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7991&lon=-156.8999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9113L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9113L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-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: 450 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96IA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96IA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606021819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 6, 1996 A CHAMP 7GCBC REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY CARL E. ZIMIN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN A TAXIING INCIDENT AT THE NAKNEK AK AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE MADE A LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 14, LANDED, STOPPED AND CLEARED THE AREA. HE THEN WAS TAXIING TO THE RAMP AREA WHICH IS ACROSS A GRAVEL ROAD NOT DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE RAMP. HE NOTICED A FAST MOVING VEHICLE CREATING A LOT OF DUST AND BRAKED HARD TO AVOID IT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON IT'S NOSE AND HIT THE PROP. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED. HOWEVER THE PROP WAS BENT. THE PILOT STATED THE DRIVER WAS UNDER AGE AND HAD NO DRIVERS LICENSE. HE FURTHER STATED THERE AREN'T ANY SIGNS FOR VEHICLES TO YIELD TO AIRCRAFT AS THERE ARE AT MANY AIRPORTS IN ALASKA. I COUNSELED THE PILOT ON 6-14-96. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## 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 ANC96IA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96IA085), Jun 6, 1996: Champion 7GCBC (N9113L), Naknek, AK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout of the vehicle driver, and the inadequate visual lookout of the pilot. A factor was the State of Alaska's failure to provide taxiway hazard warning signs which would…

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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