# Accident 20080423836229A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Alexander City, AL, April 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Alexander City, AL
- Airport: Thomas C Russell Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9147° N, 85.9628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9147&lon=-85.9628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1682G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1682G-2022-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC IO320E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,170 total, 27 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080423836229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N1682G, A 7AC CHAMPION, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 36, AT ALX. THE TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, WHEN THE PILOT REPORTEDLY EXPERIENCED SOME TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY. PILOT INITIATED CORRECTIVE ACTION BY MOVING CONTROL STICK FORWARD TO REDUCE THE SHIMMY. AS HE BROUGHT THE CONTROL AFT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE LEFT AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP, THE RIGHT GEAR CONTACTED A DITCH AND COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND DAMAGING THE SPAR AND SEVERAL RIBS. PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED NORMALLY WITH NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 MIA08CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA095), Apr 23, 2008: Champion 7KCAB (N1682G), Alexander City, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the right tail wheel spring on landing roll out for undetermined reasons, resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with a ditch.

## Other reports on N1682G (1)

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

- [Accident 20180822012079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180822012079A), Aug 22, 2018: Champion 7KCAB (N1682G), Descanso, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On 8/22/2018 at approximately 17:21 local time, the PIC ^/owner^ of N1682G a citabria (7KCAB) and a student sitting in the front seat, took off from gillespie…

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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