# Accident 20050130003049A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Prineville, OR, January 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Prineville, OR
- Airport: Dry Creek Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1953° N, 120.8231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1953&lon=-120.8231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53719, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53719) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050130003049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CONDUCTED LANDING TO RUNWAY 07 AT DRY CREEK AIRPARK. UPON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT. PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT BRAKE WITH NO EFFECT. ROLLED OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLER, AND DAMAGE TO TUBULAR STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BOX AND IN TAILWHEEL MOUNT AREA. INSPECTION OF THE TAILWHEEL REVEALED THAT TWO SHIMS WERE NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. UPON REMOVAL OF THE BOOT COWL IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LOOSE AND NOT IN ITS MOUNT; A MOUNTING PIN WAS FOUND LOOSE IN THE COWL.

## 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 SEA05LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA056), Jan 30, 2005: Bellanca 7GCBC (N53719), Prineville, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Other maintenance personnel's inadequate reassembly of the tail wheel assembly and the left main landing gear breaking assembly resulting in an inadvertent loss of control during the landing roll.…

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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