# Accident 20020811024529A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Bethel, AK, August 11, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2002, 15:45 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.8331° N, 160.9939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8331&lon=-160.9939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1163E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1163E) (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 ANC02LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020811024529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A TWO HOUR FLIGHT, PILOT WILLIAM EGGIMANN AND HIS PASSENGER/INSTRUCTOR SMELLED SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT. AWARE OF FOREST FIRES IN THE REGION, MR. EGGIMANN NONE THE LESS REVIEWED HIS CHECKLIST AND NOTED THE SMELL SEEMED TO BE CLEARING. ONCE AGAIN HIS PASSENGER SAID, "WE HAVE SMOKE COMING THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARDS." THE PILOT DECIDED TO INITIATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO SMOKE OR FIRE ANYWHERE IN THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC02LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA102), Aug 11, 2002: Bellanca 7GCBC (N1163E), Akiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unsuitable and soft terrain in the area of a precautionary landing, which resulted in a nose over. Contributing factors in the accident were a false indication of smoke in the airplane during…

## Other reports on N1163E (3)

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

- [Accident 20080620841419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080620841419A), Jun 20, 2008: Bbavia 7GCBC (N1163E), Birchwood, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot was manipulating the controls while landing on runway 19L at Birchwood. Upon touchdown, the student pilot lost control and the aircraft…
- [Accident 19860806087529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860806087529A), Aug 6, 1986: Bbavia 7GCBC (N1163E), Kuskatan River, AK, Substantial damage. Right main axle broke on takeoff roll on rough gravel bar. Aircraft then cartwheeled and nosed over.
- [Incident 19801120080469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801120080469I), Nov 20, 1980: Bbavia 7GCBC (N1163E), Grayling, AK, Minor damage. Student pilot became disoriented on crosscountry, made precautionary landing on a frozen snow covered slope.

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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