# Accident 20050714016079A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Denver, CO, July 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2005, 09:03 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5703° N, 104.8494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5703&lon=-104.8494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5043N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 750 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050714016079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2005, AT 0903 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELLANCA 8GCBC, N5043N, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN TAXIING FOR PARKING AT THE DENVER CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA), ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOULDER, COLORADO. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS TAXXING IN A CONGESTED AREA OF THE AIRPORT. THE WING STRUT CAUGHT ON THE EDGE OF A PORTABLE HELIPAD THEY WERE TRYING TO TAXI PAST. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED UP ON THE PROPELLER AND CAME TO A STOP. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE SHOWED THE COWLING PUSHED AFT APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES, THE LEFT AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUTS WERE BENT AT THE FUSELAGE. FUSELAGE ALUMINUM TUBING IN THE AREA OF THE LANDING GEAR STRUTS WAS BENT AND BUCKLED AFT. THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE CURLED AND SHOWED CHORDWISE SCRATCHES. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE'S SYSTEMS REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.

## 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 DEN05LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA118), Jul 14, 2005: Bellanca 8GCBC (N5043N), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot not maintaining clearance from the portable helipad during taxi after landing resulting in the airplane colliding with it. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's selection of…

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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