# Incident 19970216008199I: Bbavia 8GCBC, Brainerd, MN, February 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Brainerd, MN
- Airport: Brainerd-Crow Wing Co -Walter
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3553° N, 94.1984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brainerd, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3553&lon=-94.1984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86860-2008-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 839 total, 11 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970216008199I

## Narrative

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

UPON LDG BRD RWY 12 PILOT DEVELOPED A DIRECTIONAL PROBLEM DUE TO X-WIND (090 DEGREE 10), AFTER 2ND BOUNCE. AIRCRAFT LDG GR CONTACTED SNOW BANK ON DN WIND SIDE OF RWY. AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER CAUSING PROPELLER TO CONTACT SNOW BANK. DAMAGE LIMITED TO BENT PROPELLER, CRACKED SKYLIGHT, AND SOME DENTS ON THE RH L.G. OF WING. TOP OF TAIL DID NOT CONTACT THE SURFACE. (NO TAIL DAMAGE).

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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