# Accident 19830608023529A: Bbavia 7ECA, Wentworth, WI, June 8, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1983, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wentworth, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5999° N, 91.8360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wentworth, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5999&lon=-91.8360&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2563F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2563F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,037 total, 125 in this make and model, 287 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830608023529A

## Narrative

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

STALLED ON LEVEL OFF FROM A PRACTICE EMERGENCY LANDING MANEUVER. BLAMED A GUST OF WIND. TOO LOW FOR SAFETY.

## 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 CHI83LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA245), Jun 8, 1983: Aeronca 7ECA (N2563F), Wentworth, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2563F (1)

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

- [Accident 20141114022659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141114022659A), Nov 14, 2014: Champion 7ECA (N2563F), Kearny Mesa, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft had momentarily become airborne when the takeoff was aborted and the aircraft departed the runway to the left resulting in a ground loop and…

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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