# Incident 19991009030179I: Bbavia 7ECA, Abilene, TX, October 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1999, 18:15 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Elmdale Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4501° N, 99.6504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMDALE AIRPARK (82TS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4501&lon=-99.6504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2592F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2592F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 8 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991009030179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 9, 1999, AT APPROX. 1815 LOCAL CDT, MR. JASON THOMAS DIGIACOMO, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CITABRIA 7ECA, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N2592F, WAS PERFORMING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT ELMDALE AIRPARK (6F4), ABILENE, TEXAS. DURING A LANDING, HE FELT VIBRATION FROM THE LANDING GEAR, AND EXECUTED A GO AROUND.  MR. DIGIACOMO RECEIVED A RADIO CALL ON THE ADVISORY FREQUENCY AND ADVISED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS HANGING AT A PRECARIOUS ANGLE.  DURING THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING THE LEFT MAIN JLANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RUPTURED THE SKIN AREA AT THE UPPER LEFT ATTACHMENT POINT, THE WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND SUSTAINED MINOR SCRATCHES.  THE GEAR FRACTURED AT THE UPPER LEFT FORWARD LANDING GEAR ATTACH FITTING.  EVALUATION OF THIS LANDING GEAR FRACTURE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF METAL FATIGUE PATTERNS CAUSED BY WEAR AND NUMEROUS PREVIOUS LANDINGS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

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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