# Incident 19960702015869I: Bbavia 7AC, Big Rapids, MI, July 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1996, 19:10 local time
- Place: Big Rapids, MI
- Airport: Roben-Hood Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7228° N, 85.5053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBEN-HOOD (RQB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7228&lon=-85.5053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81790, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81790) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960702015869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TAXIING OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK REIL LIGHT. GRASS WAS APPROX. 12 INCHES TALLER THAN REIL LIGHT AND HAD NOT BEEN MOWED. PILOT WAS OPERATING IN A SAFE MANNER BUT DUE TO TALL GRASS COULD NOT SEE REIL NEAR EDGE OF RUNWAY IN TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. PILOT COUNSELED BY INSPECTOR ELLIOTT.

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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