# Accident 20060805017979A: Bbavia 7FC, Port Meadville, PA, August 5, 2006 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 5, 2006, 11:30 local time - Place: Port Meadville, PA - Airport: Private - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Final Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.6408° N, 80.1511° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6408&lon=-80.1511&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9866B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9866B-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Champion 7FC (registry code 21101NX, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7fc) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7FC - Reported engine: CONT C90* - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA194) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060805017979A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON AUGUST 5, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1110 LOCAL TIME, N9866B, AN AERONCA CHAMPION 7FC WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), DEPARTED BEAVER RUN AIRPORT, A PRIVATE AIRPORT, OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR 91. AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 LOCAL TIME, N9866B ENTERED LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 01 AT AN UNLICENSED PRIVATE AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ A PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT AND HOLDER OF STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED: "WE CAME STRAIGHT TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE A DOWNWIND PATTERN, THEN WE MADE A DOG LEG APPROACH AND WE WERE A LITTLE LOW. WE BRUSHED A TOP OF A TREE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE PLANE OR US WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE PILOT ^PRI^ ADDED A LITTLE POWER AND THEN BACKED THE POWER OFF TO IDLE. WE GOT DOWN TOO LOW AND HIT THE TREE AND POWER LINE. THE PLANE WENT INTO A DIVE AT THE GROUND. WE HIT THE GROUND AND THE PLANE FLIPPED OVER UPSIDE DOWN." WHILE ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 01, THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW A PROPER GLIDE PATH FOR LANDING AND STRUCK A TOP OF A LARGE TREE. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ ADDED POWER AND RE-ESTABLISHED A PROPER GLIDE PATH. ON SHORT FINAL, THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN FELL BELOW A PROPER GLIDE PAT H. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ THEN RETARDED TO POWER TO FLIGHT IDLE. AS A RESULT OF BEING BELOW THE PROPER GLIDE PATH AND THE POWER SETTING AT FLIGHT IDLE, THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING STRUCK A SMALL TREE, SIMULTANEOUSLY; THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL WHEEL STRUCK A POWER LINE, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A NEARBY TELEPHONE POLE. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY STRUCK THE GROUND IN AN EXTREME NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND BECAME INVERTED, THUS CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY ^ THE PIC WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH NON LIFE THREATENING HEAD INJURIES WITH FACIAL FRACTURES. ^PRIVACY DA^ THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. ON AUGUST 7, 2006, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE OWNER. AS A RESULT OF THIS AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE 14 CFR 61. ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2003, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE SERVING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE SAME AIRCRAFT, N9866B, AT MEADVILLE, PA. AS A RESULT OF THIS AIRCRAFT INCIDENT, A LEGAL ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS INITIATED BY THIS OFFICE WITH A SANCTION OF 180 DAY SUSPENSION. ON NOVEMBER 7, 2003, THE RESPONDE NT, THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY ^ HAD HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS. THE AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHICH PROMPTED THIS LEGAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS: DURING LANDING, N9866B COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHTS, WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON AUGUST 8, 2006, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED HIS COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY^ TO INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## 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 NYC06CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA194), Aug 5, 2006: Champion 7FC (N9866B), Harmonsburg, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper altitude/clearance on final approach, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees. ## Other reports on N9866B (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20030916022959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030916022959I), Sep 16, 2003: Bbavia 7FC (N9866B), Meadville, PA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that he entered traffic normally for runway 25 and intended to exit the runway at the first turn-off. The pilot determined that it was… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.