# Incident 20040503008659I: Bbavia 7GCB, Mayfield Green, KS, May 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2004, 19:00 local time
- Place: Mayfield Green, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9906Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9906Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCB (registry code 21101PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCB
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040503008659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/03/04 A CHAMP 7GCB OPERATED BY JOHN FRANCIS MCMASTER AND SOLE OCCUPANT (CERTIFICATE #2156420) MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES S/E OF MAYFIELD GREEN, KS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. LOST POWER.

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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