# Accident 19950830027109A: Bbavia 7AC, Andover, NJ, August 30, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1995, 09:25 local time
- Place: Andover, NJ
- Airport: Aeroflex-Andover Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0192° N, 74.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0192&lon=-74.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84935, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84935) (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 C858
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,308 total, 150 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950830027109A

## Narrative

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

TAILWHEEL CHECKOUT FLIGHT. ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN TREES. ALMOST EMPTY FUEL TANK UNPORTED ON CLIMB ANGLE

## 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 NYC95LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA208), Aug 30, 1995: Aeronca 7AC (N84935), Andover, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate preflight which failed to detect an inadequate fuel supply which subsequently resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power.

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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