# Incident 19960811028189I: Bbavia 7KCAB, Williamsport, PA, August 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1996, 11:55 local time
- Place: Williamsport, PA
- Airport: Williamsport-Lycoming County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2400° N, 77.0356° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamsport, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2400&lon=-77.0356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9008L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9008L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 14 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960811028189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 11, 1996, AT 1155 EDT, A BELLANCA, 7-KCAB, N9008L, REGISTERED TO PHILLIPS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, GROUND LOOPED WHILE PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT WILLIAMSPORT, PA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING PLACED SIDE LOAD ON MAIN GEAR CAUSING LEFT MAIN TO SEPARATE FROM STRUT. AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT FUSELAGE AND LEFT STRUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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