# Accident 20000610009759A: Bbavia 7BCM, Palmetto, FL, June 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Palmetto, FL
- Airport: Manatee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5192° N, 82.5692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5192&lon=-82.5692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83972, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83972-2006-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7BCM (registry code 2110106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7BCM
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000610009759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 10, 2000, ABOUT 1800 EST, AN AERONCA 7BCM, N83972, REGISTERED TO SEMINOLE AVIATION ASSOCIATION, OPERATED BY^PRIVACY DATA OM^,RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT THE MANATEE COUNTY AIRPORT, PALMETTO, FL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURY AND A PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURY.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (.4)THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING A POWER-OFF LANDING ON RUNWAY 7. WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE.  SHORTLY AFTER TURNING ONTO FINAL APPROACH, HE STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY POWER BUT THERE WAS 'NO RESPONSE.'  HOWEVER, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE PILOT TURN THE AIRPLANE ONTO THE BASE LEG IN A STEEP RIGHT BANK AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE STEEP BANK CONTINUED WHILE THE AIRPLANE TURNED ONTO FINAL APPROACH, AND THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED RAPIDLY.  AT 40 TO 60 FT. AGL, THE WINGS WERE LEVELED WHILE THE AIRPLANE HAD DIMINUTIVE FORWARD AIRSPEED.  BOTH WITNESSES HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE POWER BEING APPLIED TO THE ENGINE MOMENTS BEFORE IMPACT.  THE AIRPLANE THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR THE MIDFIELD POINT OF THE RUNWAY IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING.  A POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES, AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE NOT FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE.

## 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 ATL00LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA064), Jun 10, 2000: Aeronca 7BCM (N83972), Palmetto, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during final approach to landing, resulting in an inadvertent stall.

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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