# Incident 20011108034819I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Grand Forks, ND, November 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2001, 09:32 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 914 total, 24 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011108034819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/08/01, AMERICAN CHAMPION, N68ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORHT DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY JOSEPH SIRANY, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT GRAND FORKS, ND. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT HAD RETURNED FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DURING WHICH TIME THE STUDENT HAD MISTAKENLY APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE INSTEAD OF THE CABIN HEAT CONTROL WHICH ARE SIMILAR CONTROLS IN THE SAME AREA OF THE COCKPIT. AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 200 FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE MAIN GEAR AND ENGINE COWLING. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE COWLING AND PROPELLER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ON. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE CREW.

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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