# Incident 19800906069309I: Bbavia 7AC, Sorento, IL, September 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sorento, IL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0008° N, 89.5748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sorento, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0008&lon=-89.5748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82994, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82994) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7EC (registry code 2110120, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,127 total, 41 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/19800906069309I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MAKING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING HIT A SMALL DITCH HE HAD NOT SEEN, AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Other reports on N82994 (2)

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

- [Incident 19950426008599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950426008599I), Apr 26, 1995: Bbavia 7EC (N82994), Mountain View, AR, Minor damage. Weather vaned into crosswind landing. Exited runway struck trees. Crosswind component exceeded.
- [Accident 19880710026242A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880710026242A), Jul 10, 1988: Bbavia 7EC (N82994), St Charles, MO, Substantial damage. While taxiing in from landing collided with N2582B that was taxiing for takeoff. Tried to avoid collision.

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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