# Incident 19790902033919I: Bbavia 7GCBC, Moline, IL, September 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1979, 11:45 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Airport: Quad City
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4600° N, 90.4929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUAD-CITY (I04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4600&lon=-90.4929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8552, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8552) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790902033919I

## Narrative

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

FLOAT FILLED WITH WATER, AIRCRAFT SANK.

## Other reports on N8552 (2)

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

- [Accident 19810712039959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810712039959A), Jul 12, 1981: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8552), Moline, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot executed sharp turn after takeoff. Aircraft stalled and crashed killing young boy on ground.
- [Accident 19730620019659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730620019659A), Jun 20, 1973: Blanca 7GCBC (N8552), Grand Rapids, MN, Substantial damage. Simulated emgcy ldg to lake,float eqpd acft in r turn ovr swamp.

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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