# Incident 19810901066719I: Bbavia 7EC, Anchorage, AK, September 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&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: 101 total, 60 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810901066719I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF FROM GRAVEL BAR HIT BUMP VEERED HIT BANK BENT LEFT GEAR. LANDED RAN OFF RUNWAY TO LEFT.

## 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 19800609054689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800609054689I), Jun 9, 1980: Bbavia 7EC (N4314C), Anchorage, AK. Radio circuit breaker popped, followed by the odor of burning wire. Found a dead short in voltage regulator.

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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