# Incident 20020824024089I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Anchorage, AK, August 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2002, 06:52 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191AC) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020824024089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CITABRIA WITH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT VEERED TO THE RIGHT JUST PRIOR TO LIFT-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN JUST AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE TAXIWAY SIGN WAS DESTROYED. THE INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO DRIFT TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE BEFORE TAKING CONTROL. ONCE AIRBORNE, THE INSTRUCTOR COMPLETED A NORMAL PATTERN AND RETURNED FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N191AC (1)

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

- [Incident 20070211003399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070211003399I), Feb 11, 2007: Bbavia 8KCAB (N191AC), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On February 11, 2007, on or about 16:30, the pilot [privacy data omitted] of aircraft N191AC reported engine failure to ATC. He landed at sleepers strip…

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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