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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Wellsville, KS · April 20, 1980

Date: April 20, 1980 · 16:40 local
Place: Wellsville, KS
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N11095
Reported as: Bbavia 7ECA
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 270 total6 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N11095Registered now · Champion 7ECAS/N 115 · Built 1965 Airframe modelChampion 7ECA Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After hand propping, engine went to full RPM and aircraft ran into farm pond. Problem due to a faulty cable clamp

As the FAA filed it

AFTER HAND PROPPING, ENGINE WENT TO FULL RPM AND AIRCRAFT RAN INTO FARM POND. PROBLEM DUE TO A FAULTY CABLE CLAMP