# Incident 20010308008419I: Bbavia 7AC, Syracuse, NY, March 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85163, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85163) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010308008419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 8, 2001 AT 1430 EST, AN AERONCA 7AC, S/N 7AC-3895, N85163, REGISTERED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INADVERTLY LANDED ON ONEIDA LAKE, NEW YORK (LOST DEPTH PERCEPTION). THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE FROZEN AND SNOW COVERED LAKE. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: HE LOST HIS DEPTH PERCEPTION DUE TO THE GRAY SKY AND WHITE SNOW.  HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS HIGHER THAN HE WAS, AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE HEAVY WET SNOW AT A DEPTH OF APPROXIMATELY 9 TO 12 INCHES AND THEN CAME TO REST.  THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER THEN WALKED TO SHORE AND CALLED THE LOCAL AUTHORIZES.  MAINTNENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED THE FOLLOWING DISCREPANCIES:  LANDING GEAR DAMAGED, PROPELLER STRIKE, COWLING DAMAGE, AIRCRAFT FABIC DAMAGED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND TRUCKED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED RESIDENCE.  VISUAL METEOROLGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE ARICRAFT WAS DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FULTON/OSWEGO COUNTRY AIRPORT, OSWEGO, NEW YORK ON MARCH 8, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400.

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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