# Accident 19960907037049A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Edgewood, NM, September 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Airport: Sandia Airpark Estates Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0802° N, 106.1694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0802&lon=-106.1694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9071L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9071L) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 350 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA382) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907037049A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED EN COUNTERED WHIRLWIND AFTER LIFTOFF. IMPACT SOFT GROUND OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. BEGAN GROUND LOOP. BENT SPAR. (-23) GROUND LOOP WAS DUE TO GUSTY WINDS "DUST DEVIL".

## 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 FTW96LA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA382), Sep 7, 1996: Champion 7GCBC (N9071L), Edgewood, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was a whirlwind.

## Other reports on N9071L (1)

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

- [Incident 19890506028469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890506028469I), May 6, 1989: Bbavia 7GCBC (N9071L), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Tail wheel shimmied on rollout. Aircraft veered off ruwway. Found left rudder horn to tail wheel spring missing.

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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