# Incident 19990509027239I: Bbavia 7GCAA, Gould, AR, May 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Gould, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9872° N, 91.5640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gould, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9872&lon=-91.5640&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2664G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2664G-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990509027239I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON MAY 9, 1999, AT 1700 CENTRAL TIME, A BELLANCA 7GCCA, N2664G, REGISTERED TO JOHN ROGERS, COLLIDED WITH A HIGH TENSION ELECTRICAL WIRE ON DESCENT NEAR MOTICELLO AIRPORT, ARKANSAS, WHILE PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE STUDENT PILOT MANAGED TO MAKE IT BACK FIFTEEN MILES TO WHERE THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GOULD, ARKANSAS, ON MAY 9, 1999.

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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