# Incident 20000505018029I: Bbavia 7GCAA, Van Nuys, CA, May 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31277, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31277-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCAA (registry code 1220501, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000505018029I

## Narrative

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

(-23)UPON LANDING, TJE AORCRAFT BOUNCED A COUPLE TIMES, BRAKED HARD, AND GROUND LOOPED. NO INJURIES.  THERE WAS A PROPELLER STRIKE, BOTH WHEEL PANTS BROKEN, SOME SCRATCHES AND MINOR DENTS.  AIRMEN WAS OUT TO DO SOME TOUCH AND GOES TO STAY CURRENT.  OTHER SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT WERE FLOWN RECENTLY BUT NOT THE CITABRIA FOR ABOUT 8 WEEKS.  WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE 100/7.  PILOT STATED UPON LINING UP FOR LANDING, EVERTHING SEEMS SHAPING UP NICELY FOR THE CROSSWIND.  THE UPWIND WING WAS LOW INTO THE WIND AND ENOUGH RUDDER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT WITH THE GROUND TRACK.  THE A/C SETTLED NICELY, THEN A TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY BECAME APPARENT AND THE PLANE BOUNCED.  THE PILOT GOT IT SETTLED AGAIN NICELY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT ROTATED HARD LEFT.  BEFORE REGAINING COTROL THE A/C RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND THROUGH AN AIRPORT AIGN.  IT THEN RAN INTO A LOW GRASSY AREA AND UP ONTO THE NOSE, COMING TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND BACK DOWN ONTO THE WHEELS.  SEVERAL HOURS OF RETRAINING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND A MILIEU OF DUAL IN TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT IS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE.

## Other reports on N31277 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890528012909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890528012909A), May 28, 1989: Bbavia 7GCAA (N31277), Big Sur, CA, Substantial damage. Had made forced landing in field. Engine ok. Tried to take off with field mowed. Wheels caught in grass. Nosed over

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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