# Accident 20060325005079A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Tower, MN, March 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Tower, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8100° N, 92.2906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8100&lon=-92.2906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1856G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1856G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,639 total, 1,637 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060325005079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3-25-2006, AT 1100 LOCAL TIME, N1856G, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ DEPARTED EVELETH, MN. AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON LAKE VERMILLION AT TOWER, MN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED FROM SKIS TO WHEELS. HE REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE THAT HE MADE THREE PASSES OVER THE ICE AND SLUSH COVERED LAKE WHERE SNOWMOBILES HAD BEEN DRIVING. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SUNK IN AN ICE COVERED HOLE AND INVERTED. HE ADMITTED TO MAKING A FOOLISH DECISION TO LAND. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE REPORTED AS 38 DEGREES F. NO INJURIES, NO FIRE, NO ELT SIGNAL. DAMAGE IS TO VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, RIGHT WING LIFT STRUTS.

## 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 CHI06CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA104), Mar 25, 2006: American Champion 7GCBC (N1856G), Tower, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unsuitable landing area selected by the pilot which led to the subsequent nose-over. The terrain condition was a factor.

## Other reports on N1856G (1)

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

- [Accident 19860129001749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860129001749A), Jan 29, 1986: Bbavia 7GCBC (N1856G), Ely, MN, Substantial damage. Engine quit after descent using carburetor heat, hit trees. Carb heat raised moisture temperature to icing range.

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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