# Accident 20080831850729A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Fairbanks, AK, August 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Metro Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8069° N, 147.7625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8069&lon=-147.7625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2981M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2981M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080831850729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SOLO STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN GROUND TRACK AND RUNWAY ALIGNMENT ON LANDING.  AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT OF THE INTENDED RUNWAY SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER STRIKING BRUSHES ALONG THE LEFT SIDE THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC08CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA117), Sep 1, 2008: Bellanca 8GCBC (N2981M), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

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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