# Accident 20050820017699A: Bbavia 7ECA, Freeport, FL, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005, 16:45 local time
- Place: Freeport, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5061° N, 86.1050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5061&lon=-86.1050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90914, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90914-2015-05-21) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820017699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1645 ON AUGUST 20, 2005, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF IN N90914, FROM JOE DUGGAR FIELD, A PRIVATE FIELD NEAR FREEPORT, FLORIDA WITH ONE PASSENGER. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE GRASS STRIP (320 HEADING) WITNESSES SAID THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LOSE POWER AND MADE A SHALLOW DESCENDING TURN TO THE LEFT AS IF RETURNING TO THE FIELD. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE LANDING AREA, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE DESCENT INCREASED RAPIDLY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED BEHIND SOME TREES. IMPACT WITH THE GROUND RESULTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 MIA05FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA152), Aug 20, 2005: Bellanca 7ECA (N90914), Freeport, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N90914 (2)

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

- [Incident 19951012037649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951012037649I), Oct 12, 1995: Bbavia 7ECA (N90914), Jourdanton, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: this was a pleasure flight in the pleasanton, Texas airport area. During practice maneuvers, the pilot stated the engine quit. During her attempt to…
- [Incident 19941026045279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941026045279I), Oct 26, 1994: Bbavia 7ECA (N90914), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Tail wheel shimmy on landing. Leaf spring bent up hit rudder. Replaced leaf spring with 4 leaf.

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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