# Accident 19800507017829A: Bbavia 7AC, Mora, MN, May 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Mora, MN
- Airport: Fish Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8770° N, 93.2903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mora, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8770&lon=-93.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3737E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3737E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 649 total, 3 in this make and model, 540 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507017829A

## Narrative

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

MAIN STRUT BROKE DUE TO HARD LANDING. PILOT LANDED IN WATER.

## 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 CHI80FER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER42), May 7, 1980: Aeronca 7AC (N3737E), Mora, MN, substantial damage

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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