# Incident 19971203041479I: Bbavia 7AC, Dowagiac, MI, December 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dowagiac, MI
- Airport: Dowagiac Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9929° N, 86.1283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOWAGIAC MUNI (C91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9929&lon=-86.1283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81616, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81616) (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
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 645 total, 16 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971203041479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT. PASSENGER IN AFT SEAT MISHANDLED CONTROLS/THROTTLE, OPEN. TAXIED INTO TERMINAL BLDG.

## Other reports on N81616 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940214002219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940214002219A), Feb 14, 1994: Bbavia 7AC (N81616), Dowagiac, MI, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on high speed crosswind taxi. Jumped runway edge snowbank but nosed over in deep snow.

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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