# Incident 20030916022959I: Bbavia 7FC, Meadville, PA, September 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2003, 19:30 local time
- Place: Meadville, PA
- Airport: Port Meadville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6265° N, 80.2147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT MEADVILLE (GKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6265&lon=-80.2147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9866B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9866B-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7FC (registry code 21101NX, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7fc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7FC
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 50 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030916022959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENTERED TRAFFIC NORMALLY FOR RUNWAY 25 AND INTENDED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AT THE FIRST TURN-OFF. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO REDUCE HIS APPROACH ANGLE IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY EXIT AT THE FIRST TURN-OFF BUT STRUCK SOME APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM STRUCTURES CAUSING INCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N9866B (1)

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

- [Accident 20060805017979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060805017979A), Aug 5, 2006: Bbavia 7FC (N9866B), Port Meadville, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 5, 2006, at approximately 1110 local time, N9866B, an Aeronca champion 7FC with the pilot [privacy data omitted] as pilot-in-command (PIC),…

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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