# Incident 20020831031279I: Bbavia 7AC, Topeka, KS, August 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2002, 13:45 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Forbes Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85181, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85181) (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: 200 total, 55 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020831031279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 31, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 PM LOCAL CDT, WHILE ACTING AS PIC OF N85181, A BL-7-AC AERONCA CHAMP, MR. MARK ROHRBAUGH LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING A LANDING OPERATION AND DEVIATED FROM THE RUNWAY SURFACE. NEITHER THE PIC NOR THE PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURY AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

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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