# Incident 20080514839129I: Bbavia 7AC, Bolair, WV, May 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2008
- Place: Bolair, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4376° N, 80.4440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bolair, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4376&lon=-80.4440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2902E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2902E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7AC (registry code 21101MA, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 990 total, 17 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080514839129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RICHWOOD, WV (3I4) FOR PLEASURE FLIGHT TO UPPER GLADE AREA OF CRANBERRY WILDERNESS REFUGE IN WEBSTER COUNTY, WV.  WHILE DESCENDING FROM 4500 FT ENGINE LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 4200 FT OVER BOLAIR, WV.  PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY LANDING IN GRASS FIELD STRIKING SMALL TREE WITH LEFT WING TIP CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS AND COLLAPSING LEFT GEAR.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT END OF FIELD ON PRIVATE ROAD DAMAGING PROPELLER.  THE TWO OCCUPANTS ONBOARD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES NOTED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL IN THE TANK AND IT WAS NOTED THAT SUCTION WAS HEARD WHEN REMOVING THE FUEL FILLER CAP TO VERIFY SUFFICIENT FUEL.

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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