# Accident 19811217079069A: Bbavia 7DC, Pryor, MT, December 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1981, 15:45 local time
- Place: Pryor, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4297° N, 108.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pryor, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4297&lon=-108.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2848E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2848E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7CCM (registry code 2110110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ccm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90-16F (registry code 17190, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-16f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7DC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 5 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FTA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811217079069A

## Narrative

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

FLEW LOW UP CANYON. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN. TAIL HIT RIDGE TOP. AIRPLANE ROLLED INTO A COULEE. AT GROSS.

## 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 DEN82FTA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTA06), Dec 17, 1981: Aeronca 7DC (N2848E), Billings, MT, 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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