# Incident 19970711021959I: Bbavia 7AC, Tully, NY, July 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Tully, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7982° N, 76.1102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tully, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7982&lon=-76.1102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3643E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3643E-2013-04-16) (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: 11,440 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711021959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 11, 1997, AT 1600 EDT, AN AR-7-S7AC, AERONCA, N3643E, MADE A HARD LANDING WHILE ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE AND TRIED TO EXECUTE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT IS TO BE INSPECTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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