# Accident 20000703043789A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Lakewood, NJ, July 3, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lakewood, NJ
- Airport: Lakewood Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0669° N, 74.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEWOOD (N12), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0669&lon=-74.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8384V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8384V-2002-09-13) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 15 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000703043789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A BANNER PICKUP, THE TOW ROPE TANGLED ON THE RUDDER HORN OF N8384V. THE PILOT STATED THIS TO ^PRIVACY DATA^ SHE THEN STATED THAT HE WOULD NEED TO LAND WITH THE BANNER. SHE THEN PROVIDED INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD TRY A RELEASE OF THE BANNER. ^PRIVACY DAT^ SAID THAT IF YOU WANT TO TRY IT, GO AHEAD. THE BANNER WOULD NOT RELEASE DUE TO IT'S TAUTNESS AND WEIGHT. THE PILOT, MR. LEWIS, RETURNED FROM FLYING OVER THE BANNER FIELD FOR A LANDING. ON FINAL THE A/C, N8384V, SLOWLY BANKED TO THE LEFT THEN THE A/C ROLLED OVER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND (FROM WITNESSES). THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE A/C WAS DEMOLISHED. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA183), Jul 3, 2000: Champion 7GCAA (N8384V), Lakewood, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Factors were the entanglement of the tow rope with the rudder horn, restricted rudder movement, the pilot's lack of total…

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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