# Incident 20070318013969I: Bbavia 11AC, Marietta, GA, March 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2007
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9536° N, 84.5425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marietta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9536&lon=-84.5425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9432E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9432E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 2,000 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/20070318013969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE HAD BOUGHT AN AERONCA AR-11-AC, REGISTRATION N9432E AND WAS FERRYING IT FROM ATHENS, TN (MMI) TO ELBERTON, GA (27A). AFTER HE DEPARTED HE SAID THAT HE NOTED THE MAGNETO COMPASS WAS ABOUT 10 DEGREES OFF. AS HE TURNED "SW" (SHOULD HAVE BEEN SE) HE NOTED THAT THE MAGNETIC COMPASS WAS FARTHER OFF. HE STATED THAT HE KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING WRONG BUT ELECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE NOTED ERROR UNTIL HE DEPARTED FROM THE HAZY AREA, THE MOUNTAINS. HE HAD FLOWN ABOUT 2+15 WHEN HE SAID HE OBSERVED BUILDINGS AND KNEW THAT HE WASN'T IN THE VICINITY OF ELBERTON (27A). HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND OBSERVED AIRPORTS, FLYING OVER AND AROUND THEM OBSERVING TO FIND ONE THAT HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN. HE CHOSE DOBBINS ARB (MGE), AND SAID HE KNEW IT WAS A MILITARY BASE, AND DECIDED TO LAND. AFTER LANDING, IN ABOUT A 200 FOOT DISTANCE HE PULLED OFF THE RUNWAY AND GOT OUT OF HIS AIRPLANE TO WAIT FOR AIRPORT OFFICIALS. HE GOT FUEL, 13 GALLONS IN A 14 GAL USABLE TANK, AND DIRECTIONS AND DEPARTED DOBBINS ARB FOR ELBERTON. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID STATE THAT HE CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS AND THEY SEEMED TO BE SATISFACTORY WITH NO MAGNETIC COMPASS DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

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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