# Accident 19970327003809A: Bbavia 7ECA, South St Paul, MN, March 27, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1997, 18:40 local time
- Place: South St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Municipal-Richard E Fleming
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9509° N, 93.0896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9509&lon=-93.0896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11023, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11023) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 828 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970327003809A

## Narrative

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

DRIFTED ON LANDING ROLL. UNABLE CORRECT. BEGAN GO AROUND. STRUCK SNOWBANK. NOSED OVER. (-23) AIRMAN DOING CURRENCY LANDINGS.  ON SECOND LANDING, DRIFTED TO RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT.  PILOT INITIATED GO-AROUND AND STRUCK A SNOW BANK.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## 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 CHI97LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA092), Mar 27, 1997: Champion 7ECA (N11023), South St. Paul, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind and his failure to maintain adequate obstacle clearance which resulted in collision with a snowbank. The pilot's lack of recent experience, the crosswind,…

## Other reports on N11023 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811206085289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811206085289I), Dec 6, 1981: Bbavia 7ECA (N11023), St Paul, MN. Engine lost power, elected to land on a road. Put on carb heat on final. Engine ran. Carb ice problem.

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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