# Accident 20070708012889A: Bbavia 7AC, Clarksburg, CA, July 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Clarksburg, CA
- Airport: Borges - Clarksburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4431° N, 121.5086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4431&lon=-121.5086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2869E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2869E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,543 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070708012889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 8, 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHILE HAND PROPPING THE ENGINE ON HIS AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO INTENDED FLIGHT. AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED, HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER AND SUFFERED A LOSS OF LIMB (LEFT ARM).

## 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 LAX07CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA214), Jul 8, 2007: Aeronca 7AC (N2869E), Clarksburg, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate hand-prop starting procedure and failure to secure the airplane.

## Other reports on N2869E (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180828021059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180828021059I), Aug 28, 2018: Aeronca 7AC (N2869E), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft was in the pattern doing touch and goes. After a landing, once airborne both pilots heard a loud noise under the aircraft. ATC then reported to them…
- [Incident 19980224006589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980224006589I), Feb 24, 1998: Bbavia 7AC (N2869E), Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft departed VFR from sonoma skypark airport, (0Q9) at 1600 PST. Pilot of the aircraft was a student pilot and stated he was intending to do…

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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