# Accident 20060805017709A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Hyannis, MA, August 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2006, 12:50 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Barnstable Municipal-Boardman - Pol
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6383° N, 70.2767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6383&lon=-70.2767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7533F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7533F-2009-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 110 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060805017709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 5, 2006, ABOUT 12:50 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AIRCRAFT N7533F, CHAMPION-7-KCAB, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^, WAS TOWING A BANNER OVER THE WATER OUTSIDE OF HYANNIS HARBOR, MA. THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS BEFORE IT CRASH LANDED IN THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT BELIEVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULL OF FUEL. HE MONITORED THE FUEL BURN VIA THE FUEL COMPUTER; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT MONITOR THE FUEL GAUGE IN LEVEL FLIGHT, AS HE NORMALLY DOES. IT WAS NOT UNTIL WELL AFTER THE ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE PILOT WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT THAT HE REALIZED THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ FOUND OUT THAT THE PREVIOUS PILOT WHO HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED SOME TRAINING FLYING, BUT HE DID NOT REFILL THE FUEL TANKS, AND APPARENTLY DID RESET THE FUEL COMPUTER TO FULL DURING HIS DEMONSTRATION.

## 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 NYC06CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA195), Aug 5, 2006: Champion 7KCAB (N7533F), Hyannis, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

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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