# Accident 20020624013639A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Giddings, TX, June 24, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 24, 2002, 11:14 local time - Place: Giddings, TX - Airport: Giddings-Lee County Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.1700° N, 96.9792° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1700&lon=-96.9792&mi=10 - Aircraft: N83DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83DH) (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 - Reported engine: LYC AEIO360* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 555 total, 165 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA058) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020624013639A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JUNE 24, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A AMERICAN CHAMPION 8KCAB (CITABRIA), N83DH, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A GROUND LOOP ON LANDING ROLL AT GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY AIRPORT, GIDDINGS, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT HAD ORIGINATED FROM WEISER AIRPARK, HOUSTON, TEXAS, APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 17, AND THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN AXLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FAILED, AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE LEFT STRUT DUG INTO THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT WING. THE OUTER 6 FEET OF THE LEFT WING WAS BENT UP APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES, AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR WAS BENT. (-23) UPON LANDING THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 30 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT, LEFT MAIN WHEEL WAS SIDE LOADED TO T HE POINT OF FAILURE. AT THAT TIME THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE LANDING GEAR STRUT DUG INTO THE ASPHALT, THEN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED CLOCKWISE 180 DEGREES WITH LITTLE OR NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. DURING ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT ELEVATOR, BENDING THE ELEVATOR UP UNDER THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND WAS BENT UPWARD AT ABOUT A 35 TO 40 DEGREE ANGLE, BENDING FROM THE STRUT ATTACH POINTS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, UPRIGHT, ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 350 DEGREES. (.4) ON JUNE 24, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A AMERICAN CHAMPION 8KCAB (DECATHLON), N83DH, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A GROUND LOOP ON LANDING ROLL AT GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY AIRPORT, GIDDINGS, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT HAD ORIGINATED FROM WEISER AIRPARK, HOUSTON, TEXAS, APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WA S LANDING ON RUNWAY 17, AND THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY VEERED "HARD" TO THE RIGHT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN AXLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FAILED, AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE LEFT STRUT DUG INTO THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT WING. THE OUTER 6 FEET OF THE LEFT WING WAS BENT UP APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES, AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR WAS BENT. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THE WIND, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, TO BE 240 DEGREES AT 3 TO 5 KNOTS. ## 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 DEN02LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA058), Jun 24, 2002: American Champion 8KCAB (N83DH), Giddings, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control during the landing rollout. A contributing factor was the subsequent inadvertent ground loop of the airplane. ## Other reports on N83DH (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20200913012439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200913012439A), Sep 13, 2020: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB (N83DH), Groton, SD, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. Scenario as told to this investigator by several pilot witness that verified they witnessed pilot and passenger (wife) took off on runway 15, leveled out to… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.