# Incident 19990330017979I: Bbavia 7AC, Louisville, KY, March 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83500, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83500) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 500 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990330017979I

## Narrative

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

(-5) DURING CRUISE, PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE SHUDDERED AND THEN QUIT ABRUPTLY. EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWED INTO A GRASSY FIELD. AIRCRAFT OR PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. MECHANICS PARTIALLY DISSAMBLED THE ENGINE AND FOUND #1 CYLINDER PISTON HAD FAILED AND SEPERATED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N83500 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870803052249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870803052249I), Aug 3, 1987: Bbavia 7AC (N83500), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Pilot unable to hold aircraft after hand propping, aircraft struck hanger.

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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