# Accident 20000408009919A: Bbavia 7AC, Embarrass, MN, April 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2000, 13:43 local time
- Place: Embarrass, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6502° N, 92.1905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6502&lon=-92.1905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84424, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84424-2000-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000408009919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 8, 2000 AT 1343 CDT, AN AERONCA 7AC, N84424, OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT, MICHAEL MELLAK, WES DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN AND THE POST ACCIDENT FIRE FOLLOWING A TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP NEAR THE CITY OF EMBARRASS, MN. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN VMC AND UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, WINDS AT 260 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 19 KNOTS WERE REPORTED ON THE EVELETH-VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AWOS DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO PILOT OR A/C LOGS WERE AVAILABLE, NOR FOUND, DURING THE CONDUCT OF THE INVESTIGAION LEAVING THE A/C AND PILOT CURRENCY ELEMENTS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

## 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 CHI00FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA107), Apr 8, 2000: Aeronca 7AC (N84424), Embarrass, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the inadvertent stall/spin the pilot encountered. A factor was the wind gusts.

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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