# Incident 19880403020809I: Bbavia 7AC, Chandler, AZ, April 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1988, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Stellar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1636E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1636E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403020809I

## Narrative

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

ON REHEARSAL FOR AN AIRSHOW. DAMAGED LANDING GEAR TRYING TO LAND ON BED OF A PICKUP. GEAR THEN COLLAPSED ON LANDING

## Other reports on N1636E (2)

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

- [Incident 19981212033259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981212033259I), Dec 12, 1998: Bbavia 7AC (N1636E), Jamestown, ND, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing touch and go landings when the right acft wheel fell off. (-5)on December 12, 1998, at 1600 central standard time (CST), a Aeronca 7AC,…
- [Accident 19890715066149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890715066149A), Jul 15, 1989: Bbavia 7AC (N1636E), American Falls, ID, Substantial damage. Lost power en route. Nosed over landing. Magneto drive gear stripped its teeth causing magneto to get out of timing

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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