# Accident 20040124000929A: Bbavia 7AC, Plainwell, MI, January 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2004, 14:40 local time
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4833° N, 85.5333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4833&lon=-85.5333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1087E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1087E) (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: 950 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040124000929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH FOR A TOUCH AND GO LANDING WITH SKIIES AT PINE LAKE, ALLEGAN COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM ADVISED HIM TO WATCH FOR THE POWER LINE JUST AS HIS SKI WAS CONTACTING THE POWER LINE. HIS ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 80 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN AND IMPACTED THE ICE AT A FAIRLY STEEP ANGLE, BOUNCED AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE 7 YEAR OLD PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CHI04LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA061), Jan 24, 2004: Aeronca 7AC (N1087E), Prairieville, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from the transmission wires during final approach. Factors to the accident were the unmarked transmission wires and their support poles.

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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