# Accident 20090404007949A: Bbavia 7HC, Centre, AL, April 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2009, 12:47 local time
- Place: Centre, AL
- Airport: Centre Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1650° N, 85.6350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1650&lon=-85.6350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8560E-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7HC (registry code 21101PN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7hc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7HC
- Reported engine: LYC O290*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,150 total, 67 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090404007949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RWY 09 AT CENTRE, ALABAMA (C22).  UNCOMMANDED LEFT TURN IMMEDIATELY UPON DEPARTURE LEADING TO IMPACT WITH POWER LINES, PINE TREE, AND ULTIMATELY A HOUSE LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  PLANE LANDED ON ROOF AND THEN FELL TO GROUND BELOW.  POST IMPACT FIRE ENGULFED THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT, AND CORNER OF THE HOUSE.  PILOT CRAWLED OUT OF WRECKAGE ON FIRE SAYING "I COULDN'T LIFT MY LEFT WING" AND THEN COLLAPSED.   NEIGHBORS PULLED PILOT AWAY FROM CRASH AND PUT OUT FLAMES ON PILOT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  PILOT HAD BURNS ON 95 PERCENT OF HIS BODY AND DIED LATER THAT EVENTING.  CHEROKEE COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AT THE AIRPORT AND WITNESSED THE ENTIRE EVENT AND PROVIDED A WITNESS STATEMENT.  CENTRE FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHED AND PUT OUT FLAMES ON HOUSE AND AIRCRAFT.  WEATHER NOT A FACTOR.

## 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 ERA09LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA230), Apr 4, 2009: Champion 7HC (N8560E), Centre, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control during climb due to an improperly installed rudder pedal control tube.

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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