# Accident 20090503009799A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Surrey, ND, May 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Surrey, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2364° N, 101.1217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2364&lon=-101.1217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5106T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5106T-2010-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090503009799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE MINOT, ND AIRPORT AT ABOUT 1730 LOCAL TIME.  AT ABOUT 15:59 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY TWO WITNESSES, ONE OF WHICH SAW THE AIRCRAFT FLY AT GROUND LEVEL PARALLEL TO SHELTERBELT OF TREES AND DO A STEEP CLIMB WHICH ENDED WITH A RIGHT DESCENDING TURN INTO TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF TH ACCIDENT.  SEE NTSB FILE FOR DETAILS.

## 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 CEN09LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA277), May 3, 2009: Champion 7GCBC (N5106T), Surrey, ND, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an abrupt pull-up maneuver, which resulted in an aerodynammic stall at low altitude.

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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