# Incident 20050129000369I: Bbavia 7AC, Buffalo, WY, January 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2005, 12:40 local time
- Place: Buffalo, WY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3385° N, 106.7153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3385&lon=-106.7153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84031, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84031) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050129000369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OIL SCREEN THERMAL BULB NUT WAS LEFT LOOSE AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC LEFT THERMAL BULB NUT LOOSE AFTER HE DID AN OIL CHANGE, CAUSING LOSS OF OIL AND OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE SEIZED AND PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

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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