# Incident 20031218033379I: Bbavia 7GCAA, Martinez, CA, December 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2003, 16:00 local time
- Place: Martinez, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9982° N, 122.1142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martinez, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9982&lon=-122.1142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8357V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8357V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 970 total, 350 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031218033379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED WHILE OVER BENICIA CA, ENGINE AT 2500RPM, ENGINE DEVELOPED ROUGHNESS FOR TEN SECONDS. ENGINE RETURNED TO FULL POWER. THE THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 1200 RPM AND THEN STOPPED. LANDED AT ACME LANDFILL MARTINEZ, CA 2.5 MILES FROM DESTINATION, CCR. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. PILOT STATED HE HAD FUEL ON BOARD AT LANDING. MX INSPECTED AND FOUND NOTHING. ADDED FUEL AND CONTINUED TO CCR.

## Other reports on N8357V (1)

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

- [Incident 19991019036509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991019036509I), Oct 19, 1999: Bbavia 7GCAA (N8357V), Concord, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On the date indicated, Mr. Mazza, the pilot, reported that upon exiting runway 19R, that as he was entering a left hand turn a gust of wind lifted the…

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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