# Accident 20001227027899A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Juneau, AK, December 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2000, 12:38 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.3583° N, 134.5828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3583&lon=-134.5828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7100C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7100C-2001-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 8GCBC (registry code 2110301, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227027899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12-27-00, MR. STEPHEN ZECKER, PRIVATE PILOT, WENT TO DO A BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW IN HIS BELANCA SCOUT, N7100C. HE WAS FLYING WITH EDGAR BURCH, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH THE JUNEAU FLIGHT SCHOOL. THEY FILED A FLIGHT PLAN WITH FSS, AND DEPARTED FOR THE PRACTICE AREA, IN THE YOUNGS BAY AREA. THE FLIGHT WAS REPORTED OVERDUE TWO HOURS LATER. AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH BEGAN, AND CONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. ONLY TWO TIRES AND TWO PIECES OF WOOD, PROBABLY FROM THE FORWARD WING SPAR, WAS RECOVERED. THESE PIECES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS KIND OF AIRPLANE. AS OF THIS DATE NOTHING ELSE HAS BEEN RECOVERED, AND NEITHER PILOT WAS FOUND. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. (.19) ON DECEMBER 27, 2000, ABOUT 1400 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CHAMPION 8GCBC AIRPLANE, N7100C, IS PRESUMED TO HAVE CRASHED ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNEAU, ALASKA, ESTIMATED AT 58 DEGREES 10 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE, 134 DEGREES 40 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. NEITHER THE AIRPLANE OR ITS OCCUPANTS HAVE BEEN LOCATED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN                                                                 THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRPLANE IS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. TEH FIRST PILOT, WHO WAS A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, AND TEH SECOND PILOT, WHO WAS A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY THE FIRST PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. TEH ACCIDENT FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JUNEAU, ABOUT 1335. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE ON JANUARY 4, THE OWNER OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOL THAT EMPLOYED THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO PROVIDE A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW (BFR) TO THE SECOND PILOT. THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO RETURN TO RETURN TO THE JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND WAS REPORTED OVERDUE ABOUT 1457. SEARCH PERSONNEL BEGAN AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH ALONG THE FLIGHTS ANTICIPATED ROUTE OF FLIGHT OVER THE STEPHENS PASSAGE SOUTH OF JUNEAU. THE FLIGHT WOULD HAVE COVERED AN OPEN AREA OF WATER OF ABOUT 13 MILES. ON DECEMBER 29, TWO A/C TIRES WERE LOCATED IN THE WATERS OF YOUNG BAY, ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNEAU.         NO OTHER PORTION OF THE AIRPLANE HAS BEEN FOUND, AND TEH SEARCH WAS SUSPENDED ON JANUARY 2,2001.

## 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 ANC01FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01FAMS1), Dec 27, 2000: Champion 8GCBC (N7100C), Juneau, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined. Missing airplane.

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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