# Incident 20010913032129I: Bbavia 7ECA, Waco, TX, September 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2001, 08:54 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Scott Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5493° N, 97.1467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5493&lon=-97.1467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5025U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5025U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 70 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010913032129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2001, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 0815 AND 0915 CDT, MR. MAURICE G. DUTTON, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1108238, OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BELLANCA 7 ECA AIRCRAFT, N5025U UNDER VFR FROM SCOTT AIRPORT NEAR WACO, TEXAS, AS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WHILE A GENERAL NOTAM STIPULATED THAT OPERATION IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM UNDER VFR WAS PROHIBITED. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY MR. PAUL GRISHAM OF WACO, TEXAS. MR. DUTTON CARRIED ONE PASSENGER: HIS SON. NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OR INJURY RESULTED.

## Other reports on N5025U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960601024929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601024929I), Jun 1, 1996: Bbavia 7ECA (N5025U), Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. Narrative: the commercial rated pilot was positioning the aircraft to secure a location to tie the aircraft down when high gusty winds blew the aircraft over…

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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