# Accident 20040320005479A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Marion, MT, March 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Marion, MT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0994° N, 114.6508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0994&lon=-114.6508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90076, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90076) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,242 total, 484 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040320005479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/10/04, MR. BERNARD GREGOIRE, OWNER AND PILOT OF N90076, WAS INTERVIEWED. HE STATED THAT ON 3/20/04, HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 AT CABIN CREEK AIRPORT, A PRIVATE STRIP ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF KALISPELL, MT. HE STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A WHEEL LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND HE CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED ABOUT 75 OR 80 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND HE THEN CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER. HE SAID RUDDER INPUT WAS NOT GOOD AS THE AIRSPEED WAS TOO LOW. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED FROM THE RUNWAY AND PLOWED THROUGH A SNOW BANK AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; MR. GREGOIRE WAS NOT INJURED. PILOT EXPERIENCE DATA WILL BE PROVIDED VIA AMENDMENT AT A LATER DATE.

## 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 SEA04LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA069), Mar 20, 2004: Bellanca 7GCBC (N90076), Marion, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing factors were the gust of wind and the snowbank.

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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