# Incident 19971004035489I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Delavan, WI, October 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1997, 13:10 local time
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Airport: Lake Lawn Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6341° N, 88.6011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE LAWN (C59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6341&lon=-88.6011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004035489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 4, 1997, AT 1310 CDT A BELLANCA DECATHLON, 8KCAB, N79AC, STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER WHILE LANDING AT LAKE LAWN AIRPORT, DELAVAN, WISCONSIN. THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BY JOHN KEVIN HURLEY UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN WEST CHICAGO, IL AT 1240 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A LEFT WIND GUST WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 360. HE CORRECTED FOR THE WIND, THE LEFT GEAR TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED FORWARD AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE WINDS WERE 270 AT 8 GUSTING TO 15.

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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