# Accident 20030610010519A: Bbavia 7EC, Louisville, KY, June 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2278° N, 85.6636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2278&lon=-85.6636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N607EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N607EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7EC (registry code 21101NM, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7EC
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 28 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030610010519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 24. WINDS WERE 190 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. UPON LANDING PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED A LITTLE WITH RIGHT WING LIFTING FROM A GUST OF WIND. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY ON LEFT SIDE AND STRUCK RUNWAY "EXIT" SIGN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND EMPENNAGE.

## 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 NYC03LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA126), Jun 10, 2003: American Champion 7EC (N607EC), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control. A factor related to the accident was the crosswind.

## Other reports on N607EC (1)

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

- [Accident 20070101002639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070101002639A), Jan 1, 2007: Bbavia 7EC (N607EC), Jeffersonville, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 1, 2007, at approximately 12:30 pm local time, a 1967 Aeronca champ, serial number 713, N607EC, landed on runway 18 at the Clark County…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.