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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7FC · Sheridan, IN · May 7, 1992

Date
May 7, 1992 · 16:50 local
Place
Sheridan, IN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9870B
Reported as
Bbavia 7FC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
56 total16 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Precautionary landing in field. Smoke from insulation when loose antenna wire contacted electrical bus bar.

As the FAA filed it

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD. SMOKE FROM INSULATION WHEN LOOSE ANTENNA WIRE CONTACTED ELECTRICAL BUS BAR.