# Incident 19880517049979I: Bbavia 7EC, Walla Walla, WA, May 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1988, 13:19 local time
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Airport: Walla Walla City County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0925° N, 118.2841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALLA WALLA RGNL (ALW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0925&lon=-118.2841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4712E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4712E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7EC (registry code 2110120, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7EC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 95 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517049979I

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST WEATHERVANED AIRCRAFT OF STUDENT PRACTICING TAXIING. INSTRUCTOR UNABLE TO RECOVER. LEFT RUNWAY. FLIPPED.

## Other reports on N4712E (2)

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

- [Accident 20030524010289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030524010289A), May 24, 2003: Bbavia 7EC (N4712E), Oregon City, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Acting as a solo student pilot, jeffrey peterson landed N4712E at OG30 with a downwind component. He lost control of the airplane, and it flipped over on…
- [Accident 20020512010369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020512010369A), May 12, 2002: Bbavia 7EC (N4712E), Yamhill, OR, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated he had just gotten requalified in N4712E, an Aeronca-7EC tailwheel aircraft. On may 12, 2002, on a pleasure flight initiated from lenhardt…

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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