# Accident 20060224003609A: Bbavia 7ECA, Forrest City, AR, February 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Forrest City, AR
- Airport: Forrest City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9364° N, 90.7717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9364&lon=-90.7717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9007L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9007L-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,810 total, 110 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060224003609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 24, 2006, AT 10:30 CST, A CITABRIA 7ECA, N9007L, WHILE BEING "HAND-PROPPED" BY THE PILOT, STARTED AT A HIGH POWER SETTING, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PILOT'S HEAD, IT THEN EXECUTED A TIGHT RIGHT HAND CIRCLE ON THE RAMP AND THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A HANGAR DOOR, IT THEN CONTINUED ANOTHER LARGER RIGHT HAND CIRCLE AND IT THEN COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIR TRACTOR, N6072Y, AT THE FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS AIRPORT (FCY). THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO BE OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBSERVING THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS PRIOR TO DISPATCHING AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT DISPENSING OPERATIONS, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE INTENDED FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT 10:30 CST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT TIED DOWN FOR THIS ENGINE STARTING ATTEMPT AND NO ONE WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT EXPIRED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2006. BFR: UNKNOWN.

## 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 DFW06LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA074), Feb 24, 2006: Champion 7ECA (N9007L), Forrest City, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow proper procedures while attempting to start the engine by hand-proping the engine.

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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