# Accident 20060715014389A: Bbavia 7AC, Parker, CO, July 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2006, 06:55 local time
- Place: Parker, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5289° N, 104.6578° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5289&lon=-104.6578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85086, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85086) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,904 total, 49 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060715014389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 0655 MDT, AN AERONCA CHAMP MODEL BL7AC, WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N85086, IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM EVERETT FIELD, PARKER, COLORADO. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR'S AND THE PILOT'S TESTIMONIES, THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED EVERETT ON A WESTERLY DEPARTURE WHEN A DOWNDRAFT OCCURRED AND THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ COULD NOT PULL UP. A 300' RIDGE WAS STRAIGHT IN FRONT AND THEY KNEW THEY WOULD NOT MAKE IT OVER THE RIDGE. THE PILOT'S ONLY RECOURSE WAS TO BANK LEFT AND PARALLEL THE RIDGE. AN UPDRAFT CAUGHT THE RIGHT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE UPDRAFT THEN PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OVER INTO THE FIELD APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS TO THE WEST OF DELBERT ROAD, NOSE FIRST ON IMPACT. THERE WAS NO FIRE AT THE SCENE.

## 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 DEN06LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA099), Jul 15, 2006: Aeronca 7AC (N85086), Parker, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering resulting in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing factors were the high density altitude,…

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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