20070626009819A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7AC · Fresno, CA · June 26, 2007

Date
June 26, 2007 · 20:05 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Chandler Executive
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1054E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX07CA194
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total100 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated he was taking off on rwy 30 at 60 mph. The aircraft got airborne and at about 100 the aircraft just quit flying. He said he was too low to recover from the stall. The aircraft came to rest within 1000 feet from the end of the runway and about 90 to the right. The aircraft drifted off the runway to the right, the right wing impacted the ground first and then followed by the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft and all of the debris were located within 24 feet of the initial impact point indicating the forward speed of the aircraft was very slow. The pilot also stated the winds were gusty. A pilot ready for take-off saw the accident and indicated that it looked like the aircraft tried to takeoff too fast and stalled out.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS TAKING OFF ON RWY 30 AT 60 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE AND AT ABOUT 100 THE AIRCRAFT JUST QUIT FLYING. HE SAID HE WAS TOO LOW TO RECOVER FROM THE STALL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITHIN 1000 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ABOUT 90 TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND FIRST AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT AND ALL OF THE DEBRIS WERE LOCATED WITHIN 24 FEET OF THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT INDICATING THE FORWARD SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS VERY SLOW. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THE WINDS WERE GUSTY. A PILOT READY FOR TAKE-OFF SAW THE ACCIDENT AND INDICATED THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE AIRCRAFT TRIED TO TAKEOFF TOO FAST AND STALLED OUT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.