# Accident 20070805015559A: Bbavia 7AC, Westerly, RI, August 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2007, 10:15 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3494° N, 71.8033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3494&lon=-71.8033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65HM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65HM-2022-02-05) (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: 400 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070805015559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 07 AT WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT, RI, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE SOUTH. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE MOUNT TO COLLAPSE. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND AND SPLINTERED. THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE. THE PILOT RECEIVED A MINOR BUMP ON THE HEAD AND DID NOT SEEK OR RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE ASSISTING AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR REPORTED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE AS FOLLOWS: (1) SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LOWER FUSELAGE TUBE, (2) FIREWALL BENT AND BUCKLED, (3) RIGHT LANDING GEAR ATTACH FITTING TORN OFF THE FUSELAGE TUBE, (4) SEVERAL BROKEN AND DAMAGED RIBS IN RIGHT WING TIP, (5) RIGHT WING ROOT PANEL SPRUNG IN THE UP POSITION INDICATING WING SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT, (6) PROP BLADES BROKEN OFF, (7) RIGHT LANDING GEAR COMPLETELY SEVERED FROM AIRCRAFT, AND (8) COWLING AND EXHAUST STACKS DAMAGED.

## 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 CHI07CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA258), Aug 5, 2007: Aeronca 7AC (N65HM), Westerly, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing which resulted in the overload failure of the right main landing gear. The overload failure of the right main landing gear was a…

## Other reports on N65HM (1)

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

- [Accident 20180824012229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180824012229A), Aug 24, 2018: Aeronca 7AC (N65HM), Hanson, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On August 24, 2018, N65HM departed runway 18 at the Cranland Airport (28M) around 1500 eastern daylight time. There were no witnesses to the accident so the…

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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