# Incident 19990317039819I: Bbavia 11AC, Bainbridge, GA, March 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9049° N, 84.5730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bainbridge, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9049&lon=-84.5730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3718E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3718E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,105 total, 602 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990317039819I

## Narrative

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

MR. MALSBERGER STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING ALONE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED IN SHORTERVILLE AL. AND WAS TO TERMINIATE IN BAINBRIDGE, GA. MALSBERGER STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE UNUSUAL SOUNDS AND STATED TO LOSSE POWER AND THEN QUIT RUNNING.  HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN LAKE SEMINOLE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE WITH A BROKEN WINDSHIELD MR. MALSBERGER WAS NOT INJURIED.  A SUBSQUENT TEARDOWN OF THE CONTINENTAL A-65-8 ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN #3 EXAUST VALVE.  IT IS NOT KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE VALVE TO BREAK.

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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