# Incident 19780318008929I: Bbavia 7ACA, Yakima, WA, March 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1978, 11:22 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5909° N, 120.5494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5909&lon=-120.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31260, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ACA (registry code 1220438, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7aca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90-12F (registry code 17183, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-12f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ACA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780318008929I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER SPARK PLUG CHANGE.

## Other reports on N31260 (1)

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

- [Incident 20130312006349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130312006349I), Mar 12, 2013: Bellanca 7ACA (N31260), Archie, MO, Minor damage. The pilot stated that he was on a flight from newport, ar (M19) to harrisonville, MO (lry) when he experienced fuel exhaustion in his Bellanca 7ACA and made an…

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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