# Incident 19970830024819I: Bbavia 8GCBC, Warren, OH, August 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1997, 18:30 local time
- Place: Warren, OH
- Airport: Warren Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2670° N, 80.9274° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARREN (62D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2670&lon=-80.9274&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5055N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5055N) (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 O360A1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970830024819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER DOING A GLIDER AERO-TOW RELEASE OPERATION, THE PILOT LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT. WHILE BACK-TAXIING TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT SAW A GLIDER ON SHORT FINAL FOR THE RUNWAY HE WAS ON. THE TOW-PLANE PILOT WAS FORCED TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY TO AVOID THE GLIDER. DUE TO HEAVY VEGETATION AND GROUND FURROWS, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT. (DOWN GRADED TO INCIDENT). THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS AT A NON-TOWER AIRPORT. GLIDERS BEING NON-POWERED, HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OVER POWERED AIRCRAFT. THE EVASIVE MANEUVER EXECUTED BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROPRIATE.

## Other reports on N5055N (1)

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

- [Incident 20091101051649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091101051649I), Nov 1, 2009: Bellanca 8GCBC (N5055N), Middlefield Twp, OH, No damage. Pilot was towing a glider when he imformed the glider PIC he was having trouble and felt severe vibration. Glider student noted smoke coming from tow a/c.…

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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