# Incident 20010116001519I: Bbavia 7AC, Eveleth, MN, January 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2001, 15:29 local time
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Airport: Lake Fly
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4758° N, 92.5476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eveleth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4758&lon=-92.5476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3722E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3722E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,233 total, 339 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010116001519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED FROM LAKE AT RESIDENCE AND NOTED RH SKI WAS VERTICAL AFTER LIFTOFF. PILOT ELECTED TO PROCEED TO LAKE ELY TO AFFECT THE LANDING AND SEEK MAINTENANCE AT LAKE ELY AVIATION. UPON LANDING PILOT BELIEVES HE STRUCK ICE RIDGE AND BENT RH SKI AND LANDING GEAR TUBE. NO DAMAGE TO A/C OTHER THAN THE RH LANDING GEAR AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OCCURRED. A BROKEN REAR TRAILING TAB WAS FOUND TO BE THE FAILED COMPONENT. TRAILING WIRE AND END OF TAB STILL FOUND ATTACHED TO SKI ASSY. PILOT AND A/C LOGBOOKS REQUESTED AND ARE PRESENTLY ENROUTE TO FSDO. WILL SUBMIT AMENDMENT ONCE LOGS REVIEWED.

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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