# Accident 19910917040489A: Bbavia 7DC, Yellow Pine, ID, September 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1991, 14:15 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9607° N, 115.4854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yellow Pine, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9607&lon=-115.4854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9654H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9654H-2010-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7DC (registry code 2110116, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7DC
- Reported engine: CONT C858F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 710 total, 179 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA91LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910917040489A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED FORESTRY MOUNTAIN STRIP. FLIGHT OF 3 LOST SIGHT OTHERS FLEW UP BOX CANYON. UNABLE CLIMB OR TURN. HIT TREE

## 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 SEA91LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA242), Sep 17, 1991: Aeronca 7DC (N9654H), Yellow Pine, ID, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO A BOX CANYON AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH TREES, WHEN THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO REVERSE COURSE AND…

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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