# Accident 20030728016889A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Buffalo, SD, July 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Buffalo, SD
- Airport: Harding County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5806° N, 103.5297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5806&lon=-103.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9032L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9032L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 505 total, 95 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030728016889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT LESSON, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING "FAST TAXI" IN PREPARATION FOR TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN RIGHT AND WHEN CORRECTION WAS ATTEMPTED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND TAILWHEEL BROKE, CAUSING A GROUND LOOP. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO WHEELS AND FUSELAGE LONGERONS TUBING.

## 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 CHI03LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA178), Jul 28, 2003: Champion 7GCBC (N9032L), Buffalo, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's inadequate remedial action to the dual student's loss of aircraft control during high speed taxiing which lead to the inadvertent ground loop/swerve. A factor was the student…

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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