# Accident 20030920024319A: Bbavia 7ECA, Byers, CO, September 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2003, 12:09 local time
- Place: Byers, CO
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8667° N, 104.2083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8667&lon=-104.2083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41698, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41698) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920024319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FRONT RANGE AIRPORT (FTG) WITH A DESTINATION OF A PRIVATE STRIP OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PRIVATE DIRT/GRASS STRIP IS APPROXIMATELY 1250 FEET. MR. HOFFMANN APPROACHED THE FIELD FROM THE EAST TO WEST HEADING FOR A FLY OVER. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE (WINDSOCK ON FIELD). MR. HOFFMAN MADE HIS APPROACH FROM THE WEST. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FOOT DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. A TAIL WIND KEPT THE AIRCRAFT FROM STAYING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED TO GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT COULD ONLY CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AGL. THE RUNWAY IS EAST/WEST, AT THE EAST END IS ONE TREE. MR. HOFFMAN ELECTED TO FLY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TREE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING TO THE SOUTH, IT WAS SET DOWN IN A LARGE, FLAT DRY CREEK BED. THE BED IS FIVE TO SIX FEET DEEP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES PER HOUR WITH POWER REDUCED. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT CONTACTED THE BANK AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO IT'S BACK. DAMAGED PROP, LEFT MAIN STRUT, FUSELAGE, RUDDER TIP, BOTH WING STRUTS, RIGHT WING PULLED DOWN AT ATTACH POINT, WING LEADING EDGES.

## 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 DEN03LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA154), Sep 20, 2003: Bellanca 7ECA (N41698), Byers, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining adequate clearance from the ground and his improper in-flight planning/decision. Factors contributing to the accident were the tailwind, the low altitude, the tree, the…

## Other reports on N41698 (2)

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

- [Accident 19911127053629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911127053629A), Nov 27, 1991: Bbavia 7ECA (N41698), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing in crosswind. Ran off side of runway. Blamed wind gust. None reported.
- [Incident 19900520026159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900520026159I), May 20, 1990: Bbavia 7ECA (N41698), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed down on a touch and go landing. Propeller struck runway. Became airborne. Landed in field.

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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