# Accident 20011001030879A: Bbavia 7AC, Erhard, MN, October 1, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2001
- Place: Erhard, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4799° N, 96.0900° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4799&lon=-96.0900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1746E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1746E-2002-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011001030879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A TURNING DESCENT WHEN LEFT WING "DROPPED." PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY ADDING RIGHT STICK, AIRCRAFT ENTERED SPIN. AIRCRAFT RECOVERED AT APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET AGL. AIRCRAFT WAS AT A LOW ALTITUDE SURROUNDED BY OBSTACLES, PILOT OPTED TO LAND IN SMALL OPEN AREA. LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE. TOTAL AIRCRAFT HOURS IS UNKNOWN, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND DESTROYED IN POST CRASH FIRE. (.19) ON OCTOBER 1, 2001, AT 1730 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AERONCA 7AC, N1746E, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN 6 MILES EAST OF ERHARD, MINNESOTA. A POST CRASH FIRE ENSUED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ON BOARD REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED NEAR PELICAN RAPIDS, MINNESOTA. IN HIS STATEMENT TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, THE PILOT SAID HE AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE OUT FLYING AROUND WHEN THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND ENTERED A SPIN. THE PILOT                                     SAID HE RECOVERED FROM THE SPIN BUT RAN OUT OF ALTITUDE. THE PILOT AND HIS DAUGHTER GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE UNINJURED. THE PILOT'S DAUGHTER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE PILOT TRIED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE THAT ORIGINATED AT THE CARBURETOR, BUT RAN OUT OF AGENT. THE ENSUING FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 CHI02LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA024), Oct 1, 2001: Aeronca 7AC (N1746E), Erhard, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the turn. Factors relating to this accident were the low airspeed, the inadvertent stall, and the low altitude.

## Other reports on N1746E (1)

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

- [Incident 19880423041959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880423041959I), Apr 23, 1988: Bbavia 7AC (N1746E), Bismarck, ND. Student on crosscountry was unable to contact tower. Circled airport and landed on an inactive runway. Groundlooped.

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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