43.3417° N, 85.7750° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Grant Airport, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 19, 1980 · 10:20 local
Place
Grant Township, MI
Airport
Grant
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1365G
Reported as
Bbavia 7KCAB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
760 total37 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aerobatic pilot executed a spin too close to the ground to allow recovery. Completed one and a half turns at impact
As the FAA filed it
AEROBATIC PILOT EXECUTED A SPIN TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND TO ALLOW RECOVERY. COMPLETED ONE AND A HALF TURNS AT IMPACT