# Incident 20040627011779I: Bbavia 7ECA, Byron, CA, June 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2004, 15:20 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8284° N, 121.6258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYRON (C83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8284&lon=-121.6258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88408, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-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 O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040627011779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 27, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 UTC, PILOT-RHETT BOEGER MADE A MAYDAY CALL ON 121.5. HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS IN THE BYRON AIRPORT AREA. MR. BOEGER STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN VIBRATING AND MAKING A TICKING SOUND. THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD BANG AND STARTED SMOKING. HE SMELLED BURNING OIL. AT 8 MILES OUT OF BYRON THE ENGINE'S OIL PRESSURE WAS DOWN TO 0. MR. BOEGER STATED THAT HE WAS DESCENDING AT ABOUT 400 FEET PER MINUTE BUT COULD ONLY GET ABOUT 1400 RPM FROM THE ENGINE. HE TOUCHED DOWN AT THE BYRON AIRPORT AND MANAGED TO ROLL CLEAR AT THE SECOND TAXIWAY BUT STOPPED SHORT OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE. MR. BOEGER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ACFT WAS COVERED WITH OIL AND THE NUMBER 3 ENGINE CYLINDER HAD BROKEN OFF AND HIT THE SIDE OF THE COWLING. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR STUDENT PILOT.

## Other reports on N88408 (3)

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

- [Accident 20021110031629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021110031629A), Nov 10, 2002: Bbavia 7ECA (N88408), Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot reported that he had lost control of his aircraft during a touch and go maneuver at the Livermore Municipal Airport. The pilot commented that…
- [Accident 19990821013259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990821013259A), Aug 21, 1999: Bbavia 7ECA (N88408), Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. Acft took off for local pattern work, lost power, and made an emergency landing off the approach end of rwy 25L. (-23)pilot reported normal takeoff and began a…
- [Accident 19760504011619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760504011619A), May 4, 1976: Blanca 7ECA (N88408), Paso Robles, CA, Substantial damage. First solo flt.

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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