# Incident 20061018024449I: Bbavia 7ECA, Palo Alto, CA, October 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2006, 11:14 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5054B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5054B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061018024449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT GROUND LOOPED AIRPLANE ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N5054B (1)

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

- [Incident 20160916015689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160916015689I), Sep 16, 2016: Bellanca 7ECA (N5054B), Palo Alto, CA, No damage. Palo Alto, CA (pao): N5054B, CH7A, at 2141Z N5054B declared an emergency 1 mile off the departure end of RWY31. Training was in progress in lc, the lc…

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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