# Incident 19951202043959I: Bbavia 7AC, Homosassa Sprin, FL, December 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1995, 17:00 local time
- Place: Homosassa Sprin, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8093° N, 82.5408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homosassa Springs, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8093&lon=-82.5408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84080, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84080) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 180 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951202043959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT/OWNER REPORTED TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT 2,500 AGL NEAR HOMASASSA SPRINGS, FL. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS EXECUTED ON A DESOLATEN SECTION OF HWY. 19 WITH NO DAMAGE, INJURY OR DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC. FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL (FHP) WAS PRESENT. FAA WAS NOTIFIED AND A&P MECHANIC WAS CALLED BY PILOT. MECHANIC BOB WILKINSON, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ REPORTED FINDING THE MAIN NEEDLE VALVE SEAT OF THE STROMBERG NA3 CARBURETOR HAD BECOME LOOSE WHICH COMPLETELY BLOCKED THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE MAIN METERING VALVE. HE REPOSITIONED, TIGHTENED AND SAFETIED THE NEEDLE VALVE SEAT PER THE MANUFACTURERS OVERHAUL MANUAL. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND DEPARTED HWY. 19 WITH FHP ASSISTANCE. MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED NO PRIOR MAINTENANCE TO THE CARBURETOR. NO FURTHER FAA ACTION AT THIS TIME.

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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