# Accident 19940905024959A: Bbavia 7AC, Cassody, KS, September 5, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: Cassody, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0301° N, 96.6307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0301&lon=-96.6307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82114, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82114-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7BCM (registry code 2110106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C908FJ
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 62 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940905024959A

## Narrative

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

FLEW LOW OVER A FREIGHT TRAIN. FAILED TO SEE WIRES. GEAR CAUGHT WIRES. LANDED INVERTED ON TRACK BALLAST.

## 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 CHI94LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA311), Sep 5, 1994: Aeronca 7BCM (N82114), Cassoday, KS, destroyed. Probable cause: the attempted low level flight/maneuver with inadequate visual lookout by the pilot-in-command.

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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