# Accident 20071223830569A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Gallup, NM, December 23, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2007, 15:55 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Airport: Gallup Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5008° N, 108.7839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5008&lon=-108.7839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8305V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8305V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-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 O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,216 total, 7 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071223830569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 22, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1755 LOCAL TIME, N8305V, A CHAMPION MODEL 7GCAA (CITABRIA) AIRPLANE, SERIAL NUMBER 98, MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 06 AT THE GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GUP) AT GALLUP, NM. AS EXPLAINED BY THE PILOT AND AS EVIDENCED BY RUNWAY AND GROUND MARKS, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HIT SOME ICE ON THE 1000 FOOT MARKER, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, TRAVELED ACROSS THE GROUND ON ALL THREE GEAR. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER TO TRY TO GET BACK TO THE RUNWAY WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN AND COULD NOT STEER THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HE COULD NOT CORRECT THE DIRECTION AND SAW A PILE OF DIRT AHEAD, HE REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT A DRAINAGE DITCH FULL OF WATER AND FLIPPED OVER. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ABOARD, A PILOT AND A PASSENGER, AND NEITHER SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES.

## 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 DEN08CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA043), Dec 23, 2007: Champion 7GCAA (N8305V), Gallup, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's premature landing flare and an inadvertent stall/mush. A contributing factor is pilot's lack of recent night experience.

## Other reports on N8305V (2)

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

- [Accident 20150715009829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150715009829A), Jul 15, 2015: Champion 7GCAA (N8305V), Kingsland, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot reported final approach was normal cleared trees at end of runway 16. Pilot began flare out at that point pilot could feel that aircraft was begining to…
- [Accident 19750726022309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750726022309A), Jul 26, 1975: Blanca 7GCAA (N8305V), Boise, ID, Substantial damage. Precautionary ldg previous flt. Tkof fm gravel rd,wing hit dirt bank.

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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