# Accident 20040822023439A: Bbavia 7AC, Spring Hope, NC, August 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2004, 16:48 local time
- Place: Spring Hope, NC
- Airport: Spring Paths Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9500° N, 78.1167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9500&lon=-78.1167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84399, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84399) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822023439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER BOARDED, AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED. RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE HAD NO AILERON CONTROL (NO LEFT OR RIGHT). THE AILERON CONTROLS FELT STIFF AND JAMMED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY (APPROXIMATELY 50FT IN ALTITUDE) WHEN IT CONTACTED A TREE AND CAME TO REST IN A WOODED AREA. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND WALKED OUT OF THE WOODS. NEITHER OCCUPANT SUFFERED ANY INJURIES.

## 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 ATL04CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA169), Aug 22, 2004: Aeronca 7AC (N84399), Spring Hope, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The binding of the right aileron control cable, which resulted in a loss in aileron control, and subsequent collision with trees and terrain.

## Other reports on N84399 (2)

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

- [Accident 19911108049999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911108049999A), Nov 8, 1991: Bbavia 7AC (N84399), Wilson, NC, Substantial damage. Engine quit near destination. Crash landed in small clearing. Fuel tank was empty. Had known primer fuel leak.
- [Accident 19840606023079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840606023079A), Jun 6, 1984: Bbavia 7AC (N84399), Patton, PA, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit during takeoff.

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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