# Accident 20010922024569A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Mentastavillage, September 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mentastavillage
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.8669° N, 143.5981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.8669&lon=-143.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8943, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8943-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010922024569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON SMALL ROAD NEAR MENTASTA VILLAGE. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SMALL BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND BLEW IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT BUT WAS UNABLE TO AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO THE TREES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2001, ABOUT 1530 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL-EQUIPPED BELLANCA 7GCBC AIRPLANE, N8943, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT AN OFF-AIRPORT SITE, ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF MENTASTA LAKE, ALASKA. THE SOLO PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1335, FROM THE PALMER AIRPORT, PALMER, ALASKA. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE ON SEPTEMBER 28, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING TO THE EAST ON A PORTION OF REMOTE HIGHW                                                       AY. HE SAID THAT AS THE AIRPLANE'S MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED. HE SAID THAT DURING RECOVERY FROM THE BOUNCE, A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT LIFTED THE LEFT WING, AND THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH A STAND OF TREES AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT SAID THAT THERE WERE NO PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 ANC01LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA144), Sep 22, 2001: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8943), Mentasta, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions while landing. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, and a variable wind.

## Other reports on N8943 (3)

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

- [Incident 19930808045569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930808045569I), Aug 8, 1993: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8943), Wasilla, AK, Minor damage. Making a short field landing. On rollout pilot applied too much brake. Aircraft nosed over.
- [Incident 19851020060569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851020060569I), Oct 20, 1985: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8943), Anchorage, AK. Loss of power which was regained before precautionary landing without damage. Probable carburetor ice.
- [Accident 19820429012649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820429012649A), Apr 29, 1982: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8943), Deeth, NV, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on a abandoned road. Lost control, ran off road into a ditch and flipped 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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