# Accident 19980525010609A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Minchumina, AK, May 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1998, 08:40 local time
- Place: Minchumina, AK
- Airport: Minchumina Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.8860° N, 152.3018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINCHUMINA (MHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8860&lon=-152.3018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1199E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1199E) (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 O360C1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 61 total, 61 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980525010609A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED LANDING. LOST CONTROL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES. THE SOLO STUDENT WAS LANDING AT A REMOTE, GRAVEL AIRSTRIP. HE STATED THAT HE VISUALLY INSPECTED THE AIRPORT WIND SOCK AND DETERMINED THE WINDS WERE 'LIGHT AND VARIABLE', FAVORING RUNWAY 20. HE STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL UNTIL HE WENT BELOW THE ADJACENT TREE LINE,AND THE RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED. HE WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE DESCENT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, AND THE AIRPLANE HIT HARD AND BOUNCED TWICE. THE PILOT NOTED IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRCTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED 45 DEGREES FROM ITS ORIGINAL RUNWAY HEADING. THE PILOT SAID THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE LANDING, HE ADDED FULL POWER, AND THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING STRUCK A STAND OF TREES AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIALDAMAGE.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (.4)THE SOLO STUDENT WAS LANDING AT A REMOTE, GRAVEL AIRSTRIP. HE STATED THAT HE VISUALLY INSPECTED THE AIRPORT WIND SOCK AND DETERMINED THE WINDS WERE 'LIGHT AND VARIABLE', FAVORING RUNWAY 20. HE STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL UNTIL HE WENT BELOW THE ADJACENT TREE LINE, AND THE RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED.  HE WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE DESCENT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, AND THE AIRPLANE HIT HARD AND BOUNCED TWICE.  HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED 45 DEGREES FROM ITS ORIGINAL RUNWAY HEADING.  HE SAID THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE LANDING, HE ADDED FULL POWER, AND THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE LEFT WING STRUCK A STAND OF TREES.

## 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 ANC98LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA053), May 25, 1998: Bellanca 8GCBC (N1199E), Minchumina, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. A factor associated with this accident was the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

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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