# Accident 20070423015529A: Bbavia 7ECA, Nashua, NH, April 23, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2007, 06:55 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7819° N, 71.5147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7819&lon=-71.5147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6341N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6341N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 13 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070423015529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/23/07 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:55 AM A CHAMP 7-ECA REGISTRATION NUMBER N6341N RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH FORWARD WING SPARS AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT BOIRE FIELD, NASHUA, NH (ASH). THE ONLY OCCUPANT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE AIRCAFT UNINJURED. N6341N WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICKUP A BANNER THAT WAS SITUATED PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 32 TO THE NORTH OF THE RUNWAY ON THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HOOKED THE BANNER CABLE. AS TRAINED THE PILOT CUT POWER AND TRIED TO LAND ON THE GRASS IN LINE WITH HIS COURSE OF TRAVEL. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO YAW TO THE LEFT WITH THE DRAG FROM THE BANNER AND BY APPLYING POWER AND FULL RIGHT RUDDER THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSE TO BEING BACK IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AS IT BOUNCED ONCE IN THE VERY SOFT AND MUDDY GROUND. THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD ONTO ITS BACK DUE TO THE DRAG ON THE GEAR IN THE MUD AND THE BANNER DRAGGING BEHIND. N6341N WAS RELOCATED TO THE AIR DIRECT AIRWAYS HANGAR WHERE THE IIC INSPECTED IT AND CONFIRMED THE DAMAGE ON 4/24/07.

## 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 NYC07CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA103), Apr 23, 2007: Champion 7ECA (N6341N), Nashua, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged altitude while maneuvering for a banner pickup, which resulted in the banner rope becoming entangled in the airplane's landing gear, and a hard landing, during the ensuing…

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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