# Accident 19800420010139A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Maurice, LA, April 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Maurice, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1042° N, 92.1202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maurice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1042&lon=-92.1202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2894G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2894G-1983-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 10 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420010139A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED PILOT'S FARM RESIDENCE. STRUCK HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 FTW80FRD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD24), Apr 20, 1980: Champion 7GCAA (N2894G), Maurice, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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