# Accident 19800815037719A: Bbavia 7FC, Grangeville, ID, August 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1980, 09:45 local time
- Place: Grangeville, ID
- Airport: Idaho Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9427° N, 116.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IDAHO COUNTY (GIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9427&lon=-116.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7547E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7547E-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion AERONCA 7FC (registry code 2110162, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7fc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7FC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 65 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYP32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800815037719A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING AND INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL.

## 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 SEA80DYP32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP32), Aug 15, 1980: Aeronca 7FC (N7547E), Grangeville, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7547E (2)

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

- [Accident 19910916040089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910916040089A), Sep 16, 1991: Bbavia 7ECA (N7547E), Coeur D Alene, ID, Substantial damage. Rough engine over mountain terrain. Made precautionary landing. Nosed over. Found mud daubers blocked fuel vents.
- [Accident 19870104019259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870104019259A), Jan 4, 1987: Bbavia STC7 (N7547E), Athol, ID, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway and struck a parked aircraft on go around. Right tail spring broken. Student pilot

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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