# Accident 20010925025149A: Bbavia 7EC, Clear Lake, MN, September 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2001, 10:20 local time
- Place: Clear Lake, MN
- Airport: Leaders Clear Lake Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4398° N, 93.9892° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4398&lon=-93.9892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81910, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81910) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7EC (registry code 2110120, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7EC
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010925025149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF PILOT LOST CONTROL, AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT OFF RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE DIRT. LEFT WING WAS TORN OFF APPROX. 3 FEET FROM THE WING ATTACH FITTINGS. PROP IS BENT, FROM BLADE TO BLADE THE TRACK IS OFF BY .75 INCHES. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2001, AT 1020 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AERONCA 7EC, N81910, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF AT THE LEADERS CLEAR LAKE AIRPORT, CLEAR LAKE, MINNESOTA. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36 (3,000 FEET BY 150 FEET, ASPHALT/TURF) AND NOSED OVER. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS BOUND FOR THE SLEEPY EYE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SLEEPY EYE, MINNESOTA.

## 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 CHI01LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA323), Sep 25, 2001: Aeronca 7EC (N81910), Clear Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining directional control of the airplane during the takeoff. A factor was the soybean crop.

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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