# Accident 19880807030629A: Bbavia 7AC, Pierz, MN, August 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1988, 17:11 local time
- Place: Pierz, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9772° N, 94.1008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pierz, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9772&lon=-94.1008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3001E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3001E-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT A658F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 70 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807030629A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AND HIT TREES AND GROUND VERTICALLY FROM A STEEP LOW ALTITUDE BANK. NO RECENT STUDENT ENDORSEMENTS.

## 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 CHI88FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA192), Aug 7, 1988: Aeronca 7AC (N3001E), Pierz, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE MANEUVERING AT A LOW ALTITUDE, RESULTING IN A STALL AND COLLISION WITH THE GROUND. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE…

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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