# Accident 19990317002539A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Healy, AK, March 17, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Healy, AK
- Airport: Healy River Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.8676° N, 148.9688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEALY RIVER (HRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8676&lon=-148.9688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9023L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9023L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 517 total, 22 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990317002539A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED ON LANDING, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON MARCH 16, 1999, ABOUT 1645 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CHAMPION 7GCBC AIRPLANE, N9023L, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT THE HEALY AIRSTRIP, HEALY, ALASKA. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, AND THE ONE PASSENGER ABOARD, WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, ABOUT 1450. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR-ON-CHARGE ON MARCH 17, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 15, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, AND HE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE LANDING BY APPLYING FULL POWER. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE, VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE PILOT NOTED THAT DURING THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT WHEEL CONTACTED SOFT SNOW, AND HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO     REST IN A DITCH THAT BORDERS THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG, AND FUSELAGE. THE PILOT NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## NTSB investigation

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