# Accident 20000812015819A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Newell, CA, August 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Newell, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8007° N, 121.4595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8007&lon=-121.4595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9648S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9648S-2005-01-03) (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 O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 546 total, 262 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000812015819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE. (.4)DURING THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE AIRPLANE FORCE LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD. ON LANDING ROLL, THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL STRUCK A DEPRESSION COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, DURING HER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE PILOT HAD DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE FULL. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS OF FLIGHT, THE PILOT AND HER PILOT-RATED PASSENGER ELECTED TO DIVERT TO AN INTERMEDIATE DESTINATION BECAUSE OF UP AND DOWN DRAFTS. SHORTLY AFTER CONTACTING APPROACH CONTROL TO RECEIVE FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO THE DIVERT AIRFIELD, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. HE REPORTED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE. A RECOVERY CREW GOT TO THE AIRPLANE 5 DAYS LATER. THE RECOVERY PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK CAPS WERE IN PLACE AND FIT SNUGLY, THE FUEL GASCOLATOR HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF, THE FUEL VALVE WAS IN THE 'OFF' POSITION, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE, AND 2 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINED IN THE AIRPLANE, ALL IN THE RIGHT WING TANK. THE SPARK                                             PLUGS HAD A NORMAL APPEARANCE, CYLINDER COMPRESSIONS WERE GOOD, AND THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS WERE OPEN. THE CARBURETOR BOWL WAS EMPTY. THE ENGINE APPEARED CAPABLE OF OPERATING. UNUSABLE FUEL FOR THE AIRPLANE IS 1 GALLON. DURING THE POSTCRASH EXAMINATION, THE RIGHT FUEL TANK VENT CHECK VALVE WAS INOPERABLE.

## 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 LAX00LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA295), Aug 12, 2000: Champion 7GCAA (N9648S), Newell, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hidden depression in the ground that resulted in the collapse of the landing gear during the forced landing roll.

## Other reports on N9648S (1)

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

- [Incident 19780616046039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780616046039I), Jun 16, 1978: Bbavia 7GCAA (N9648S), Linkwood, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on private sod field, rolled off runway into a plowed field, 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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