# Incident 20090831015359I: Bbavia 7GCBC, Wamego, KS, August 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2009, 14:52 local time
- Place: Wamego, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2053° N, 96.3101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wamego, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2053&lon=-96.3101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88399, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88399-2017-06-30) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090831015359I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT NEAR THE WAMEGO AIRPORT (69K) AT 1437 LOCAL TIME WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HE WAS OUT OF FUEL AND ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO 69K BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN AN OPEN AREA NEAR A FIELD PLANTED WITH FULLY GOWN SOYBEANS AND CORN.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UPRIGHT AND CAME TO REST IN THE CORN FIELD.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR INCLUDING A BENT PROPELLER, A MINOR DENT TO THE LEFT WING, AND BROKEN LEFT STROBE LIGHT.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKED FUEL ON GROUND.

## Other reports on N88399 (3)

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

- [Accident 20100529045019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100529045019A), May 29, 2010: Bellanca 7GCBC (N88399), Watertown, SD, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On may 29, 2010 at approximately 1330 CDT, N88399, a citabria piloted by chad lamb, flying just 1/2 mile southwest of the Watertown (aty) airport, crashed into…
- [Accident 19840625034459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840625034459A), Jun 25, 1984: Bbavia 7GCBC (N88399), Dillon, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting a short field landing demonstration for a movie and aircraft stalled and crashed on final.
- [Accident 19830719037169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830719037169A), Jul 19, 1983: Bbavia 7GCBC (N88399), Cody, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing causing ground loop.

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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