# Accident 19980110002759A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Leadville, CO, January 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1998, 10:32 local time
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Airport: Lake County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2398° N, 106.2892° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2398&lon=-106.2892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5275X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5275X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC IO320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 32 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980110002759A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN QUARTERING TAIL WIND. LOST CONTROL. IMPACTED SNOWBANK. OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY. (.4)THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING FULL STOP LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 16.  THE WIND WAS FROM 150 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS.  DURING THE LAST LANDING ROLLOUT, THE WIND DIRECTION CHANGED TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 16, STRUCK A SNOWBANK, AND NOSED OVER.  THE VERTICAL FIN, PROPELLER, RUDDER, LEFT WING, AND ENGINE MOUNT WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 FTW98LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA094), Jan 10, 1998: Champion 7KCAB (N5275X), Leadville, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors were a sudden windshift from a headwind to a quartering tailwind, and the snowbank.

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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