# Accident 20061027024179A: Bbavia 7ECA, Ethel, AR, October 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2006, 07:00 local time
- Place: Ethel, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2572° N, 91.3044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2572&lon=-91.3044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2590F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2590F-2009-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061027024179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 27, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 CDT, N2590F, A CHAMPION 7ECA COLLIDED WITH TREES NEAR ETHEL, ARKANSAS AFTER ENCOUNTERING LOW CEILINGS. N2590F, A CHAMPION 7ECA WAS DESTROYED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT.

## 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 DFW07CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA014), Oct 27, 2006: Champion 7ECA (N2590F), Ethel, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the trees and terrain. Contributing factors were the prevailing fog and the dark night conditions.

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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