# Accident 19920709024519A: Bbavia 7EC, Slatington, PA, July 9, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1992, 13:00 local time
- Place: Slatington, PA
- Airport: Slatington Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7495° N, 75.6092° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7495&lon=-75.6092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7578B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7578B-1998-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7EC (registry code 2110120, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7EC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16,856 total, 900 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920709024519A

## Narrative

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

NOSED UP ON CLIMBOUT. STALLED AND IMPACTED GROUND NEAR VERTICAL.

## 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 BFO92FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA095), Jul 9, 1992: Aeronca 7EC (N7578B), Slatington, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AT AN ALTITUDE INSUFFICIENT FOR RECOVERY.

## Other reports on N7578B (1)

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

- [Accident 19810125001599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125001599A), Jan 25, 1981: Bbavia 7EC (N7578B), Butler, PA, Substantial damage. Struck snow-bank on approach end of runway.

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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