# Accident 20090315010679A: Bbavia 7AC, Stanley, ND, March 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2009, 11:15 local time
- Place: Stanley, ND
- Airport: Stanley Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3008° N, 102.4064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3008&lon=-102.4064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82041, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82041) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC-CONV (registry code 2110151, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac-conv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85-12 (registry code 17124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 312 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090315010679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14CFR PART 91, REPORTD THAT UPON LANDING AND ROLL OUT FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT SNOW AND BECAME INVERTED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED SNOW THAT WAS ABOUT 12 INCHES DEEP.  THE PILOT BELIEVED THE RIGHT BRAKE MAY HAVE BEEN FROZEN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF BOTH WING AND STRUTS.  THE PROPELLER AND LOWER COWL AREA WERE ALSO DAMAGED.  NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED.

## 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 CEN09CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA219), Mar 15, 2009: Aeronca 7AC-CONV (N82041), Stanley, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N82041 (1)

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

- [Accident 19761126035589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761126035589A), Nov 26, 1976: Blanca 7AC (N82041), Bandon, OR, Substantial damage. Ran off side of rwy. Struck hangar causing dmg to another acft inside.

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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