# Accident 20030110000159A: Bbavia 7AC, Jean, NV, January 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Jean, NV
- Airport: Jean Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7683° N, 115.3296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEAN (0L7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7683&lon=-115.3296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84889, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84889) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030110000159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC ATTEMPTED TO START HIS ENGINE BY HANDPROPPING, AFTER NUMEROUS HANDPROPPING FAILED TO START THE ENGINE HE OPT TO ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AND CONTINUED HANDPROPPING. THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT LURCHED FORWARD TOWARDS NUMEROUS PARKED AIRCRAFT, THE PIC THEN ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT AWAY BY PUSHING ON THE TAIL SECTION, IN DOING SO HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS N68820 THAT WAS WAITING FOR HIM AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AWAY WITH HIS ENGINE RUNNING. THE PIC TRIED TO TURN OFF THE AIRCRAFT MAGNETOS BUT FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH N68820, THE PIC STATED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT TACHOMETER HAD A READING OF ABOUT 1200 RPM OR MORE. NO ONE WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT TO SECURE THE BRAKES NOR WAS THE AIRCRAFT TIED DOWN AT IT'S PARKING STALL AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE STARTING SEQUENCE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N84889 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880609070719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880609070719A), Jun 9, 1988: Bbavia 7AC (N84889), Roanoke, TX, Substantial damage. Lost control trying to takeoff downwind. Struck wind tee, a fence, and a concrete wall after leaving the runway.

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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