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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · Roanoke, TX · March 31, 1997

Date: March 31, 1997 · 10:55 local
Place: Roanoke, TX
Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1196E
Reported as: Bbavia 7AC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 230 total200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N1196ERegistered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-4753 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on March 31, 1997 at approximately 1100 CST, an Aeronca 7AC, N1196E, was involved in an incident at Northwest Regional Airport, Roanoke, TX. The aircraft was hand prop started by the pilot. Another individual was trying to hold down the aircraft tail during the start process. When the engine started, the aircraft moved forward and collided with a Cessna 172P, N6380K, which was parked on the ramp. This resulted in substantial damage to both aircraft. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 31, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 CST, AN AERONCA 7AC, N1196E, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT, ROANOKE, TX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAND PROP STARTED BY THE PILOT. ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WAS TRYING TO HOLD DOWN THE AIRCRAFT TAIL DURING THE START PROCESS. WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED, THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD AND COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 172P, N6380K, WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP. THIS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.