# Incident 19951012037649I: Bbavia 7ECA, Jourdanton, TX, October 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1995, 13:20 local time
- Place: Jourdanton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9140° N, 98.5408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jourdanton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9140&lon=-98.5408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90914, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90914-2015-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,280 total, 71 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951012037649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS WAS A PLEASURE FLIGHT IN THE PLEASANTON, TEXAS AIRPORT AREA. DURING PRACTICE MANEUVERS, THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE QUIT. DURING HER ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THE PILOT WAS LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE LANDING AREA. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART AND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD WEST OF THE AIRPORT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WING AND PROPELLER AS IT STRUCK A FENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO FIRE NOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED CONTAMINATION (DIRT/TRASH) IN THE CARBURETOR. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N90914 (2)

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

- [Accident 20050820017699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820017699A), Aug 20, 2005: Bbavia 7ECA (N90914), Freeport, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) At 1645 on August 20, 2005, the pilot [privacy data omitted] attempted to take off in N90914, from joe duggar field, a private field near Freeport,…
- [Incident 19941026045279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941026045279I), Oct 26, 1994: Bbavia 7ECA (N90914), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Tail wheel shimmy on landing. Leaf spring bent up hit rudder. Replaced leaf spring with 4 leaf.

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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