# Incident 19780729044439I: Bbavia 11AC, Shelby, NC, July 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1978, 05:30 local time
- Place: Shelby, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2904° N, 81.5456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelby, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2904&lon=-81.5456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86012, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 125 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/19780729044439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS NEITHER TIED DOWN NOR CHOCKED. AIRPLANE ESCAPED.

## Other reports on N86012 (1)

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

- [Incident 20221017022879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221017022879I), Oct 17, 2022: Aeronca 11AC (N86012), Biddeford, ME, Substantial damage. On or about 10/17/2022 a possible unreported incident occurred at B19. According to whitness statements [privacy data omitted] made an off-runway landing in…

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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