# Accident 20040419005219A: Bbavia 7AC, Hayward, CA, April 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2004, 14:13 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Airport: Hayward Air Terminal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6592° N, 122.1222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6592&lon=-122.1222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83587, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83587) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT A758
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040419005219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 04/19/2004: PILOT STATED HE WAS HIT BY A GUST OF CROSSWIND AFTER LANDING AT THE HAYWARD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, AFTER LANDING. MR. ROMANSKI STATED HE TRIED REGAINING CONTROL FIRST AND THEN LEFT THE LANDING, CLIPPED A TAXIWAY POSITION SIGN AND THEN THE PLANE WENT INTO A DITCH WHICH RUNS BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS AND GOT DEEPER NEAR THE TAXIWAYS. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, THE PROPELLER BLADE BENT, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AFT LEFT FUSELAGE AREA HAD WARPED SKIN INDICATING THE LEFT LOWER LONGERON WAS BENT.

## 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 LAX04LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA192), Apr 19, 2004: Aeronca Champ 7AC (N83587), Hayward, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions and failure to maintain directional control.

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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