# Accident 20031126030639A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Menominee, MI, November 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2003, 11:10 local time
- Place: Menominee, MI
- Airport: Menominee-Marinette Twin Coun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1267° N, 87.6386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1267&lon=-87.6386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031126030639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT STATES THERE WAS A SLIGHT BUMP THAT FELT LIKE HE RAN OVER SOMETHING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. PILOT CONTINUED TAKEOFF AND PLANE APPEARED TO RESPOND NORMALLY, CLIMBED TO 2200' AND CIRCLED THE TWIN CITIES OF MARINETTE AND MENOMINEE. ALL PROCEDURES FROM DOWNWIND TO FINAL WERE ANNOUNCED ON UNICOM. UPON TOUCHDOWN APPROXIMATELY 150' FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AN OBJECT WAS HIT BY THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND A BANG WAS HEARD BY THE PILOT. THE PLANE PULLED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT COUNTERACTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER INTENDING TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND PLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT STATES HE FELT THE PLANE WAS NOT RESPONDING CORRECTLY. THE PLANE'S RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED PARTIALLY SIDEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 150' OFF THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY 32 COMING TO REST FACING SOUTHEAST PARTIALLY ON THE GRASS AND PARTIALLY ON THE N/S TAXIWAY. DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRE, PUNCTURE MARKS WERE FOUND IN THE TIRE AND TUBE CONSISTENT WITH THE PILOTS DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE MECHANICAL.

## 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 CHI04LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA037), Nov 26, 2003: American Champion 7GCBC (N297JB), Menominee, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The Phillips screwdriver impacting the left tire on takeoff roll, and the deflated tire which did not allow directional control to be maintained during the subsequent landing.

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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