# Accident 20040207000869A: Bbavia 7ECA, Groveland, CA, February 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Groveland, CA
- Airport: Pine Mountain Lake Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8617° N, 120.1778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8617&lon=-120.1778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5032G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5032G) (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: 120 total, 85 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040207000869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH ON FINAL APPROACH. ALTHOUGH "MARGINAL" THE PIC CONTINUED THE APPROACH BY SLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. RATHER THAN CONDUCTING A GO AROUND AT THIS POINT THE PIC AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING. WHEN THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY THE SECOND TIME IT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH, CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## 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 LAX04CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA134), Feb 7, 2004: Bellanca 7ECA (N5032G), Groveland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path and misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Also causal was the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in…

## Other reports on N5032G (6)

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

- [Accident 20130531009689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130531009689A), May 31, 2013: Bellanca 7ECA (N5032G), San Martin, CA, Substantial damage. On may 31, 2013, at approximately 0955 pacific time, a Bellanca 7ECA (citabria) model aircraft, N5032G, sustained substantial damage following the loss of…
- [Incident 20030618011909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030618011909I), Jun 18, 2003: Bbavia 7ECA (N5032G), San Martin, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N5032G, a Bellanca 7ECA airplane, lost control while landing at San Martin, CA (south county Q99) airport and ran off the paved surface of the runway.…
- [Incident 20010419006659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010419006659I), Apr 19, 2001: Bbavia 7ECA (N5032G), San Jose, CA. (-23) N5032G, a Bellanca citabria model 7ECA serial number 1283-79 made an emergency landing on malech road San Jose, CA. At 11:08 PDT on April 19, 2001,…
- [Incident 19990802018199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802018199I), Aug 2, 1999: Bbavia 7ECA (N5032G), San Jose, CA. (-5)Aircraft engine failed to produce power while exicuting aerobatic manuvers, pilot attempted to correct problem with no results. At approximately 3000 feet…
- [Incident 19920112001689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920112001689I), Jan 12, 1992: Bbavia 7ECA (N5032G), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control of aircraft on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway.
- [Accident 19800801037419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800801037419A), Aug 1, 1980: Bbavia 7ECA (N5032G), Shelter Cove, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control of plane on landing, left runway, hit brush and ditch.

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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