# Accident 19990906025639A: Bbavia 7ECA, Forest Lake, MN, September 6, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1999, 18:05 local time
- Place: Forest Lake, MN
- Airport: Forest Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2708° N, 92.9794° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2708&lon=-92.9794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9549S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9549S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990906025639A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1999, AT 1805 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CHAMPION 7ECA, N9549S, OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN UNDERSHOOT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 (2,650' X 150' DRY/TURF), NEAR FOREST LAKE, MINNESOTA.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED ABOUT 1730. THE PILOT TOLD EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THAT HE ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO GET TOO LOW AND TOO SLOW TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A FENCE.                                      (-23) MR. BEACH WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS AT THE FOREST LAKE AIRPORT WHEN DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 13 HE STRUCK THE PERIMETER FENCE OF THE AIRPORT. THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. MR. BEACH STATED THAT HE WAS TOO LOW AND TOO SLOW AND THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA331), Sep 6, 1999: Champion 7ECA (N9549S), Forest Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudging the proper glidepath, and his not maintaining airspeed. Factors were the pilot's lack of recent experience, the airplane's inadvertent stall, and the fence.

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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