# Accident 20040703012189A: Bbavia 7ECA, North Creek, NY, July 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2004, 12:58 local time
- Place: North Creek, NY
- Airport: Bennetts Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7000° N, 73.9828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7000&lon=-73.9828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57430, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57430) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 11 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040703012189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 3RD, 2004 PILOT RICHARD F. CASE JR. DEPARTED JOHNSTOWN FULTON CO. (NY0) AIRPORT WITH HIS WIFE FOR A SHORT FLIGHT TO BENNETT FIELD, NORTH CREEK, NY (0NY0). ON LANDING TO THE NORTHWEST GRASS RUNWAY THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS HEADING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GRASS RUNWAY BY THE TREE LINE. HE LOCKED UP THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER ON ITS BACK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC04CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA155), Jul 3, 2004: Bellanca 7ECA (N57430), North Creek, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of experience in tail-wheeled airplanes.

## Other reports on N57430 (2)

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

- [Incident 20000209014289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000209014289I), Feb 9, 2000: Bbavia 7ECA (N57430), New Castle, PA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that when he was taxing for take-off, the aircraft drifted to one side of the taxiway due to a windgust. In order to correct for this,…
- [Accident 19880807038909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807038909A), Aug 7, 1988: Bbavia 7ECA (N57430), Kingsland, TX, Substantial damage. Lost control on a touch and go. Veered off runway into a hangar and struck 3 parked aircraft. On third solo flight.

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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