# Incident 19991225038969I: Bbavia 7AC, Indianapolis, IN, December 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1999, 16:27 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Mount Comfort Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82796, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82796) (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 A65*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 170 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991225038969I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WHO IS A COMMERICAL RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS FLYING HIS PERSONAL AIRPALNE AND GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS WIFE, A STUDENT PILOT, WHO OCCUPIED THE FORWARD SEAT. AFTER COMPLETING A STALL SERIES AND ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE MOUNT COMFORT AIRPORT, THE PIC ELECTED TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE.  HIS WIFE RAN THROUGH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLISTS AND PROCEEDED TO SET UP ON A FIELD.  THE MANEUVER STARTED AT 3000 FEET MSL.  WHEN THE PIC SAW THAT HIS WIFE HAD THE FIELD MADE AT 600 FEET AGL HE TOLD HER TO GO AROUND.  WHEN HIS WIFE APPLIED FULL POWER, THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE PIC ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING IN THE FIELD.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE OCCUPANTS FO THE FIELD.  THE PIC SUSPECTS CARBUETOR ICE.  THE LOCAL WEATHER AT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS LISTED AT 1656 LOCAL, WIND 2012, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE -03C, DEWPOINT -11C, ALTIMETER 3028.  AT 1756 LOCAL, WIND 210 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE -04C, DEWPOITN -11C, ALTIMETER 3025.

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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