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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GC · Big Lake, AK · June 19, 1987

Date
June 19, 1987 · 23:30 local
Place
Big Lake, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4883E
Reported as
Bbavia 7GC
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
219 total219 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine RPM dropped, applied carb heat and engine quit. Float equipped aircraft landed on a lake, struck stump, sank

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RPM DROPPED, APPLIED CARB HEAT AND ENGINE QUIT. FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A LAKE, STRUCK STUMP, SANK