# Accident 19800315005449A: Bbavia 7BCM, Rush, CO, March 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1980, 10:20 local time
- Place: Rush, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8400° N, 104.0922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rush, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8400&lon=-104.0922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2704E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2704E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7BCM
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 125 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800315005449A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED WITH SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WIND. AIRCRAFT CAUGHT IN GUST. BANKED VERTICAL, STALLED, DIVED INTO HOUSETRAILOR

## 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 DEN80FTE33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE33), Mar 15, 1980: Aeronca 7BCM (N2704E), Rush, CO, destroyed

## Other reports on N2704E (1)

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

- [Incident 20120929021439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120929021439I), Sep 29, 2012: Aeronca 7AC (N2704E), Hall'S Crossing, UT, Minor damage. Landing, the tail wheele contacted the groung and the mains bounced causing the aircraft to vear to the left, the left gear hit a runway sign colaspining the…

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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