# Accident 20050805024289A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Watertown, WI, August 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, WI
- Airport: Watertown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1697° N, 88.7233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1697&lon=-88.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515KG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N515KG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-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
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 821 total, 16 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050805024289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 5, 2005, ABOUT 1700 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, N515KG REGISTERED AS AN AMERICAN CHAMPION 7-GCBC AIRPLANE, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN, ON LANDING AT WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE MAIN GEAR SANK INTO MUD AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A DITCH. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA^ WERE NOT INJURED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI05CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA219), Aug 5, 2005: American Champion 7GCBC (N515KG), Watertown, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout.

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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