# Accident 20080426833909A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Tetlin, AK, April 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Tetlin, AK
- Airport: Tetlin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.1250° N, 142.5183° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.1250&lon=-142.5183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10987, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10987) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 22 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080426833909A

## Narrative

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

(-23)04/26/2008, CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTING STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT TETLIN, AK. ON THE 7TH OR 8TH LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HIT MAINS FIRST, BOUNCED, THEN HIT TAIL FIRST AND SWERVED LEFT. CFI TOOK CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT AIRCRAFT HEADING. RIGHT RUDDER DID NOT CORRECT AIRCRAFT HEQADING. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT TOWARDS EDGE OF RUNWAY. NOTE RUNWAY IS RAISED 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE GROUND. CFI STATED THAT REDUCING POWER WOULD HAVE LEAD TO A ROLL OVER AS AIRCRAFT WENT OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY. CFI APPLIED FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY AND SETTLED INTO ROUGH TERRAIN DOWN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO WINGS, FUSELAGE, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE. CFI STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO RIGHT RUDDER CONTROLS INPUTS AND THINKS SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE RUDDER SYSTEM OR TAIL WHEEL.

## 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 ANC08LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA058), Apr 26, 2008: Bellanca 7GCBC (N10987), Tetlin, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's inadequate supervision of the student, resulting in a loss of control while landing.

## Other reports on N10987 (1)

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

- [Accident 19930831033629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930831033629A), Aug 31, 1993: Bbavia 7GCBC (N10987), Delta River, AK, Substantial damage. Took off from 600 foot rough unimproved strip. Lost control. Right wing dropped and hit embankment.

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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