# Incident 19971020033959I: Bbavia 7AC, Knoxville, TN, October 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1997, 15:35 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Sky Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8856° N, 83.9577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY RANCH (TN98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8856&lon=-83.9577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84021, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84021) (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: 98 total, 9 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971020033959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKEOFF, PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N84021 (2)

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

- [Incident 19981028038679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981028038679I), Oct 28, 1998: Bbavia 7AC (N84021), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. (-5)Airman was hand proping a/c without a qualified person at the controls. A/c started at a high power setting and nosed over the chocks, damaging the…
- [Incident 19901212064079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901212064079I), Dec 12, 1990: Bbavia 7AC (N84021), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Landing gear and propeller damaged.

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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