# Incident 20060615021649I: Bbavia 8GCBC, Saratoga Spring, NY, June 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2006, 15:00 local time
- Place: Saratoga Spring, NY
- Airport: Saratoga County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0507° N, 73.8616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARATOGA COUNTY (5B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0507&lon=-73.8616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N197BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8GCBC (registry code 2121004, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060615021649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2006, A/A 1500 EDT A CHAMP 8GCBC, N197BC, S/N 461-2004, WAS INVOLVED IN A GROUND LOOP INCIDENT DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AT SARATOGA AIRPORT (K5B2). AN UNEXPECTED GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT. CORRECTIVE ACTION BY THE PILOT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AILERON AND WING TIP. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT, IT ROLLED INTO SOFT EARTH WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE TO CONTACT THE GROUND RESULTING IN SUDDEN STOP OF THE ENGINE AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT; NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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