# Accident 19800531019869A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Thatcher, AZ, May 31, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1980, 08:10 local time
- Place: Thatcher, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8113° N, 109.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thatcher, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8113&lon=-109.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9641S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9641S-2018-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 75 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800531019869A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO ELECTRICAL LINES THAT CROSSED RIVER.

## 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 LAX80DUJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ66), May 31, 1980: Citabria 7GCBC (N9641S), Safford, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9641S (1)

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

- [Accident 19750801023069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750801023069A), Aug 1, 1975: Blanca 7GCBC (N9641S), Luna, NM, Substantial damage. Tkof frm fld bordered by trees. Density alt 9700FT.

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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