# Accident 19830515020799A: Bbavia 7AC, Township 8 Rang, ME, May 15, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1983, 13:00 local time
- Place: Township 8 Rang, ME
- Airport: Johnson Pond
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1241E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1241E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A-65-8 (registry code 17329, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-65-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 197 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83LNC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LNC02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830515020799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE SHARP TURN AFTER LIFTOFF FROM POND AND AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE. AFTER STRIKING THE GROUND AIRCRAFT BURNED

## 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 NYC83LNC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LNC02), May 15, 1983: Aeronca 7AC (N1241E), Johnson Pond, ME, destroyed

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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