# Incident 19800609054689I: Bbavia 7EC, Anchorage, AK, June 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4314C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4314C-1984-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7EC (registry code 2110120, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7EC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 90 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/19800609054689I

## Narrative

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

RADIO CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED, FOLLOWED BY THE ODOR OF BURNING WIRE. FOUND A DEAD SHORT IN VOLTAGE REGULATOR.

## Other reports on N4314C (2)

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

- [Accident 19820726039809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820726039809A), Jul 26, 1982: Bbavia 7EC (N4314C), Lake Clark, AK, Destroyed. Wing tip brushed willows on edge off runway on takeoff, aborted, nosed into brush. Evacuated. Fuel fire erupted.
- [Incident 19810901066719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810901066719I), Sep 1, 1981: Bbavia 7EC (N4314C), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. On takeoff from gravel bar hit bump veered hit bank bent left gear. Landed ran off runway to left.

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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