# Incident 20020214003089I: Bbavia 7GCAA, Whiteoak, TX, February 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Whiteoak, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5300° N, 94.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Oak, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5300&lon=-94.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7554F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7554F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 10,400 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020214003089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 14, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CDT AIRCRAFT N7554F OPERATED BY DARWIN RORABACK AND OWNED BY MARTIN E. WHELAN EXPERIENCED LOW FUEL CONDITIONS AND HAD TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 42 NEAR THE TOWN OF WHITEOAK, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT IS A CHAMPION, MODEL 7-GCAA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND THE WHITEOAK POLICE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART FROM THE HIGHWAY AT 1200 CDT FEBRUARY 14, 2002. MR. RORABACK CALLED AN A & P MECHANIC TO COME TO THE AIRCRAFT TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE DEPARTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM HIGHWAY 42.

## Other reports on N7554F (1)

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

- [Accident 19930525015109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930525015109A), May 25, 1993: Bbavia 7GCAA (N7554F), Mount Vernon, TX, Substantial damage. Weather vaned in crosswind on landing. Ran off runway. Struck runway light and 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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