# Accident 20040410005409A: Bbavia 7ECA, Hardin, MT, April 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2004, 13:40 local time
- Place: Hardin, MT
- Airport: Fairgrounds Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7253° N, 107.6014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7253&lon=-107.6014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5235X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5235X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,635 total, 30 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040410005409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STRONG CROSSWIND CAUSED PILOT TO CHOOSE TO LAND ON GRASS AREA OF AIRPORT INSTEAD OF ON THE RUNWAY. BARBED WIRE FENCE INTIMIDATED PILOT INTO MAKING HIGHER THAN NECESSARY APPROACH, GUSTY WINDS CAUSED HIM TO CARRY EXTRA AIRSPEED BOTH OF THESE RESULTED IN A LONG LANDING WITH FLOAT. THE PILOT REALIZED HE WOULDN'T STOP IN TIME AND INITIATED A GO AROUND CLIPPING A TREE ON CLIMB OUT. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED BY INSPECTOR AT SITE.

## 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 SEA04LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA067), Apr 10, 2004: Champion 7ECA (N5235X), Hardin, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform a go-around. Contributing factors were the pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance and the tree.

## Other reports on N5235X (2)

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

- [Incident 20190624017469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190624017469I), Jun 24, 2019: Champion 7ECA (N5235X), Manville, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he landed on runway 25 at 47N. On the landing roll-out, he stated that he felt a shimmy in the tailwheel. He pushed the control stick forward…
- [Accident 19740909036749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740909036749A), Sep 9, 1974: Blanca 7ECA (N5235X), Seattle, WA. Float equipped. Ip deplaned onto float for docking ops,moved fwd into prop.

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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