OpenAirDocs.org

20060709019609I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7EC · Jacobson, MN · July 9, 2006

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
July 9, 2006 · 17:45 local
Place
Jacobson, MN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4715E
Reported as
Bbavia 7EC
Reported engine
Continental C9012F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
N4715ERegistered now · Aeronca 7ECS/N 7EC-59 · Built 1950Airframe modelAeronca 7ECEngine modelContinental C90 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft N4715E was enroute from cambridge, MN airport (cbg) to big fork airport (foz) cruising at 2500 feet when the engine sputtered and began losing power. The pilot privacy data omitted applied carburetor heat, checked main fuel supply, which was reading three fourths full, checked the magnetos, none of which corrected the problem. The pilot called the grand rapids airport and advised them of his situation. The aircraft continued to lose power and sputter. The pilot then elected to land the aircraft in a hay field adjacent to some farm buildings. The pilot had to clear some power lines and large hay bails before he could land the aircraft. The aircraft landed on an upslope in the field and bounced and then landed again. The aircraft continued off the end of the field and came to stop 51 feet from the end of the hay field in some brush. The right main landing gear collapsed under the aircraft. The left hand wing had damage to the leading edge. There was no damage that would qualify this incident as an accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT N4715E WAS ENROUTE FROM CAMBRIDGE, MN AIRPORT (CBG) TO BIG FORK AIRPORT (FOZ) CRUISING AT 2500 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND BEGAN LOSING POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, CHECKED MAIN FUEL SUPPLY, WHICH WAS READING THREE FOURTHS FULL, CHECKED THE MAGNETOS, NONE OF WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE PILOT CALLED THE GRAND RAPIDS AIRPORT AND ADVISED THEM OF HIS SITUATION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND SPUTTER. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A HAY FIELD ADJACENT TO SOME FARM BUILDINGS. THE PILOT HAD TO CLEAR SOME POWER LINES AND LARGE HAY BAILS BEFORE HE COULD LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON AN UPSLOPE IN THE FIELD AND BOUNCED AND THEN LANDED AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE FIELD AND CAME TO STOP 51 FEET FROM THE END OF THE HAY FIELD IN SOME BRUSH. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT HAND WING HAD DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE THAT WOULD QUALIFY THIS INCIDENT AS AN ACCIDENT.

Other reports on N4715E · 1

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

Accident 19870207002549ATo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Bigfork, MNThe ski equipped plane hit a fish house on takeoff from a frozen lake. The pilot misjudged the effect of wet snow.Feb 7, 1987 · Reported as Bbavia STC7 · Substantial damage