# Incident 19990421103769I: Bbavia 8KCAB, New Orleans, LA, April 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1999, 19:54 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62DA-2008-02-13) (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
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360A1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 94 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990421103769I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT AFTER PILOT PERFORMED AEROBATIC MANEUVERS. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO NEW AIRPORT AND LANDED IN LAKE PONCHATRAIN. PILOT WAS UNINJURED. AIRCRAFT RECOVERED. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FUEL GASCOLATOR VALVE WAS ALLOWING AIR INTO FUEL SYSTEM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DEEMED TO BE AN ACCIDENT AND WAS ASSIGNED ACCIDENT NUMBER FTW99LA120. WITH AGREEMENT FROM NICOLE LUPINO, THIS WAS DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT ON 5/5/99.

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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