# Accident 20030924026669A: Bbavia 7AC, Pell City, AL, September 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2003, 18:31 local time
- Place: Pell City, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5647° N, 86.2358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5647&lon=-86.2358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83608, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83608-2018-02-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 715 total, 301 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030924026669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF APPROXIMATELY AT 5:30 PM LOCAL TIME FROM RUNWAY 20 AT ST. CLAIR COUNTY AIRPORT (PLR) VMC. HE CLIMBED TO 2500 FEET MSL 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. HE DECIDED TO PRACTICE SLIPS OVER A NEARBY SOD FARM. HE DESCENDED AND MADE A PASS OVER THE FIELD. AT 1000 FEET, HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON. DURING THE DESCENT THE LEFT WING AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED ABRUPTLY TO NEARLY VERTICAL. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND FORWARD STICK FOLLOWED BY FULL THROTTLE AND UP ELEVATOR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH AN INJURY TO THE FACE AND THE RIGHT FOOT, HE ALSO SUFFERS FROM A FOREIGN OBJECT IN ONE OF HIS EYES. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS NOT MAKING POWER AT IMPACT. THE ENGINE WAS NOT FUEL INJECTED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL ON BOARD, THE MAGNETOS WAS TURNED OFF, THE FUEL WAS IN THE OFF POSITION AND THE CARBURETOR WAS TURNED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE ENGINE TEARDOWN WAS PERFORMED 10/03/2003, SHOWED NO APPARENT REASONS FOR THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE NO POWER CONDITION AT IMPACT.

## 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 ATL03LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA146), Sep 24, 2003: Aeronca BL-7-AC (N83608), Pell City, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain airspeed that resulted in the loss of control and the subsequent collision with the ground.

## Other reports on N83608 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730825027459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730825027459A), Aug 25, 1973: Blanca 7AC (N83608), Clanton, AL, Substantial damage. Pvt plt not certificated as flt instructor.

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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