# Incident 20060521009089I: Bbavia 7CCM, Orfordville, WI, May 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2006, 13:30 local time
- Place: Orfordville, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6294° N, 89.2573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orfordville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6294&lon=-89.2573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4629E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4629E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7CCM (registry code 2110110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ccm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7CCM
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 152 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060521009089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT ON SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2006 HE AND OTHER PILOTS WERE GIVING FREE RIDES TO PEOPLE DURING A PANCAKE BREAKFAST. DURING HIS FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT N4629E, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT: THE ENGINE STOPPED; HE ATTEMPTED A RESTART WITHOUT SUCCESS; AND THE PICKED OUT A FIELD AND LANDED INTO THE WIND. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA^ INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND STATED: HE HAD FOUND NO THROTTLE LINKAGE DISCREPANCY; THE FUEL GAUGE READ HALF, HOWEVER ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL, ESTIMATED AT ABOUT ONE TO TWO QUARTS WAS IN THE TANK; AND THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE PROPELLER, COWLING AND POSSIBLY THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT HE PRE-FLIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD ONLY CHECKED THE FUEL GAUGE, WHICH READ ONE HALF, BUT DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE TANK. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY ^ ALSO SPOKE WITH A PILOT WHO HAD FLOWN THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE DURING HIS PRE-FLIGHT HAD ALSO READ ONE HALF, AND HE TOO DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL.

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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