# Accident 20071006830579A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Toughkenamon, PA, October 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2007, 10:25 local time
- Place: Toughkenamon, PA
- Airport: New Garden
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8314° N, 75.7686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8314&lon=-75.7686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8642V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8642V-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCAA (registry code 1220501, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,344 total, 20 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071006830579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY 24 WITH GLIDER IN TOW DURING A GLIDER TOWING ACTIVITY AT NEW GARDEN AIRPORT (N57), THE GLIDER INSTRUCTOR NOTICED A TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY ON THE TOW PLANE, AND THE TOW PLANE DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT. THE GLIDER INSTRUCTOR ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND RELEASED THE TOW ROPE. THE GLIDER CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY WHILE THE TOW PLANE CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT, AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 80FT AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE GLIDER, AND ENTERED THE GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE TOW PLANE THEN ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF, DEPARTED THE GROUND WITH THE PLANE BANKING TO THE RIGHT. THE TOW PLANE REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX. 30-40 FEET AND CONTINUED TO BANK TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PITCHED UP, CONTINUING TO BANK TO THE RIGHT, LOST ALTITUDE UNTIL THE TOW PLANE IMPACTED THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR AT APPROX. 580 FT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING THE RUNWAY APPROX. 650 FT FROM THE RUNWAY, AT APPROX. AN 80 DEGREE ANGLE. THE TOW PLANE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITH THE PILOT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. GROUND PERSONNEL ATTEMPTED TO RESCUE THE PILOT BUT THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA08LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA002), Oct 6, 2007: Bellanca 7GCAA (N8642V), Toughkenamon, PA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The reason for this accident is undetermined.

## Other reports on N8642V (1)

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

- [Incident 19970420010489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970420010489I), Apr 20, 1997: Bbavia 7GCAA (N8642V), Eagle, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 20, 1997, at approximately 1620 EST, a belanca citabria BL-7-gcaa, N8642V, piloted by john p. smoots, a commercial pilot, attempted an off…

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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