# Accident 20060907027249A: Bbavia 7GCBC, TX, September 7, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3039° N, 97.3397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3039&lon=-97.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50340, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50340-2021-08-25) (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: 1,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060907027249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING PILOT OBSERVED BIRDS ON THE FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/3 TO 1/2 DOWN THE RUNWAY. BOTH PILOTS DECIDED TO LAND PAST THE BIRDS. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DECELERATING QUICKLY ENOUGH AND THE LEFT BRAKE WAS PUSHED TO FULL TRAVEL. THE PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT LANDING. UPON TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A "T" BAR FENCE POST AND A 4X4 WOOD FENCE POST. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD FOR A SUCCESSFUL LANDING.

## 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 DFW06LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA209), Sep 7, 2006: Bellanca 7GCBC (N50340), Krum, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The CFI's and ATP's inflight decision to land halfway down the runway and the ATP's delayed decision to abort the landing. A factor was the ATP's excessive airspeed on final.

## Other reports on N50340 (1)

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

- [Accident 20181123022859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181123022859A), Nov 23, 2018: Bellanca 7GCBC (N50340), Benson, AZ, Substantial damage. The airman checked the weather, completed the pre-flight checks, preformed a run-up with no abnormalities noted. The airman took off for closed traffic stop…

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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