# Incident 20050118004629I: Bbavia 7AC, Delavan, WI, January 18, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2005, 07:20 local time
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Airport: Lake Lawn Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6341° N, 88.6011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE LAWN (C59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6341&lon=-88.6011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84991, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84991) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C75*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050118004629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 18, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 0720, AN AERONCA BL-7-AC, N84991, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ENTERING A BASE LEG TO A 90 DEGREE HEADING FOR APPROACH TO RWY 36, LAKELAWN AIRPORT, WI (KC59). AS A RESULT OF THIS POWER LOSS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE ICE OF DELAVAN LAKE, WISCONSIN. HOWEVER, DUE TO LACK OF SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE OUTLET STREAM AT THE WEST END OF DELAVAN LAKE, ROLLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND BROKE THROUGH THE THIN ICE, COMING TO REST VERTICALLY WITH THE NOSE DOWN IN 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

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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