# Incident 19960904025899I: Bbavia 7AC, Waynesville, OH, September 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Waynesville, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5319° N, 84.0909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waynesville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5319&lon=-84.0909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2483E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2483E) (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 A658F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960904025899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1996, AT 1600 EDT, AN AERONCA 7AC, N2483E, REGISTERED TO EMERSON STEWART, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WAYNESVILLE, OHIO AIRPORT (401) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1996, AT 1545 EDT. PILOT WAS ONLY RATED IN AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND AND DOES NOT HOLD A SINGLE ENGINE RATING. THREAD SEALANT MATERIAL WAS FOUND IN ENGINE CARBURETOR BOWL AND WAS FOUND BLOCKING MAIN FUEL METERING JET.

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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