# Incident 20070913022849I: Bbavia 7ECA, Saratoga Sprin, NY, September 13, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2007, 17:45 local time
- Place: Saratoga Sprin, NY
- Airport: Saratoga County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0507° N, 73.8616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARATOGA COUNTY (5B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0507&lon=-73.8616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1672G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1672G) (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: 350 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070913022849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING OUT TO RUNWAY 14 DURING LIGHT WIND CONDITIONS, A BEE FLEW OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE PILOT'S SEAT. THE BEE LANDED ON THE PILOT'S FACE, THE PILOT SWIPED IT AWAY, AT THE SAME TIME APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE BEE ENDED UP ON THE PILOT'S LAP. AS HE GLANCED DOWN AT THE BEE, THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL RAISING. STILL WANTING TO STOP, THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO LIMIT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL CONTINUED RAISING, AND THE AIRPLANE ENDED UP COMING TO REST ON ITS NOSE. BY THIS TIME THE BEE HAD DISAPPEARED, AND THE PILOT CLIMBED OUT AND LOWERED THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL TO THE GROUND. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE PROPELLER, PROPELLER SPINNER, TIPS OF THE WHEEL PANTS, AND POSSIBLY THE LOWER COWL. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON TAXIING PROCEDURES AND DIVISION OF ATTENTION.

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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