# Incident 19970902024999I: Bbavia 7AC, Zephyrhills, FL, September 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1997, 13:50 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1088E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1088E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7CCM (registry code 2110110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ccm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970902024999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1997, AT 1352 EDT, MR. JAMES A WERME, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 026542033, WAS TAXIING AN AERONCA CHAMPION N1088E ON A CLOSED RUNWAY AT THE ZEPHRYHILLS AIRPORT, ZEPHRYHILLS, FLORIDA. MR. WERNE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN A WIND GUST AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A RETENTION POND. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE AILERON CONTROLS WERE CONNECTED BACKWARDS WHEN PERFORMING A CONTROL COORDINATING CHECK. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE ASSEMBLING MECHANICS PRINCIPAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR.

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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