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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · Chitina, AK · July 13, 1986

Date: July 13, 1986 · 11:00 local
Place: Chitina, AK
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84830
Reported as: Bbavia 7AC
Reported engine: Continental A758
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total2,500 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N84830Registered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-3546 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ran out of fuel enroute. Made a forced landing on a gravel bar. Struck an alder bush.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL ENROUTE. MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A GRAVEL BAR. STRUCK AN ALDER BUSH.