# Accident 20030524010289A: Bbavia 7EC, Oregon City, OR, May 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2003, 13:45 local time
- Place: Oregon City, OR
- Airport: Aeroacres Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3000° N, 122.6114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3000&lon=-122.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4712E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4712E) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C90*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 26 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030524010289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACTING AS A SOLO STUDENT PILOT, JEFFREY PETERSON LANDED N4712E AT OG30 WITH A DOWNWIND COMPONENT. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, AND IT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. MR. PETERSON RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND N4712E WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 SEA03LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA088), May 24, 2003: Aeronca 7EC (N4712E), Oregon City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll. A tailwind and gusting conditions were factors.

## Other reports on N4712E (2)

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

- [Accident 20020512010369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020512010369A), May 12, 2002: Bbavia 7EC (N4712E), Yamhill, OR, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated he had just gotten requalified in N4712E, an Aeronca-7EC tailwheel aircraft. On may 12, 2002, on a pleasure flight initiated from lenhardt…
- [Incident 19880517049979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517049979I), May 17, 1988: Bbavia 7EC (N4712E), Walla Walla, WA, Substantial damage. Wind gust weathervaned aircraft of student practicing taxiing. Instructor unable to recover. Left runway. Flipped.

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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