# Accident 19890531013869A: Bbavia 7AC, Alexandria, MN, May 31, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1989, 09:30 local time
- Place: Alexandria, MN
- Airport: Chandler Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8700° N, 95.3703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8700&lon=-95.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85459, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85459) (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 A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 746 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC89LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890531013869A

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED ENGINE WHICH STARTED. AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS, HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT. HAD THROTTLE ADVANCED TOO MUCH.

## 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 MKC89LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA120), May 31, 1989: Aeronca 7AC (N85459), Alexandria, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THAT PROPER STARTING PROCEDURES WERE NOT FOLLOWED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT TIED DOWN.

## Other reports on N85459 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010512010399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010512010399I), May 12, 2001: Bbavia 7AC (N85459), Pine Bluff, AR, Minor damage. (-23) Approximately 0830 CDT, 5/12/2001, PIC landed on his farm just north of wabbaseka, Arkansas on a crop-dusting landing strip. During taxi after landing,…

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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