# Incident 20060709019609I: Bbavia 7EC, Jacobson, MN, July 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Jacobson, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0008° N, 93.2674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacobson, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0008&lon=-93.2674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4715E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4715E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7EC (registry code 2110120, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7EC
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060709019609I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19870207002549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870207002549A), Feb 7, 1987: Bbavia STC7 (N4715E), Bigfork, MN, Substantial damage. The ski equipped plane hit a fish house on takeoff from a frozen lake. The pilot misjudged the effect of wet snow.

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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