# Incident 20050209004349I: Bbavia 7DC, Hawick, MN, February 9, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Hawick, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3477° N, 94.8272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawick, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3477&lon=-94.8272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4533E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4533E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7DC (registry code 2110116, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7DC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 167 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050209004349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED PAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PAINESVILLE, MN (2P3) WITH SKI-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE AT 1445 CST IN VFR CONDITIONS. PILOT HAD CONDUCTED LANDINGS ON MUD LAKE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE EAST BAY OF LONG LAKE IN HAWICK, MN WHEN HE HIT AN OBSCURED POWER LINE. PILOT EXAMINED AIRCRAFT WHILE ON SURFACE AND THEN TOOK OFF AND RETURNED TO PAINESVILLE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO AIRCRAFT AND POWER LINE WAS CUT ON THE SURFACE. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE EVENT.

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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