# Incident 20010814028349I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Warrenton, VA, August 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2001
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Flying Circus Aerodrome Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5504° N, 77.7158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CIRCUS AERODROME (3VA3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5504&lon=-77.7158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2978N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2978N-2022-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 11 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010814028349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. BINGHAM WAS PRACTICING LANDING. HE MADE A LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AT FLYING CIRCUS (A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR THAT AIRPORT). HE MADE ONE OTHER GO AROUND, THEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 3. ON HIS NEXT SHORT FIELD LANDING HE EXPERIENCED A RAPID LOSS OF AIRSPEED DURING THE FLAIR, AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE GROUND IN A STALL. (ESTIMATE WAS 10 TO 15 FEET DROP).

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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