# Incident 19970310009239I: Bbavia 7GCAA, Houston, TX, March 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1997, 10:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2597F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2597F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 670 total, 80 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970310009239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. SCHLUPPENBAUM HAD VERY LITTLE FLIGHT TIME (8HRS) IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT. HE WAS FLYING SOLO PRACTICING LANDINGS. HE EXPLAINED JUST AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO OSCILLATE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, AS THE OSCILLATIONS BECAME GREATER, HE APPLIED POWER TO REGAIN CONTROL, BUT WAS UNABLE, AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2597F (1)

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

- [Incident 20210829015339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210829015339I), Aug 29, 2021: Champion 7GCAA (N2597F), Belen, NM, Minor damage. On August 29, 2021, at 1200 MST, a Champion 7GCAA, N2597F,[privacy data omitted], had a landing gear malfunction in flight and the landing gear collapsed on…

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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