# Incident 19790531028609I: Bbavia 11AC, Santa Ana, CA, May 31, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1979, 19:10 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3848E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3848E-2024-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1 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/19790531028609I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING CAUSED GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N3848E (1)

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

- [Incident 20080726843589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080726843589I), Jul 26, 2008: Bbavia 11AC (N3848E), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Airman departed with one passenger on local personal flight. After one hour of flight in the local area, he returned to his home field for a full stop…

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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