# Accident 19800615021849A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Joplin, MT, June 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1980, 11:05 local time
- Place: Joplin, MT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5594° N, 110.7729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joplin, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5594&lon=-110.7729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31276, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31276-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,297 total, 680 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800615021849A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AIRPLANE WHILE CIRCLING TO LAND. SPIN DEVELOPED UNTIL GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 DEN80FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA041), Jun 15, 1980: Bellanca 7GCBC (N31276), Joplin, MT, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N31276 (2)

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

- [Incident 20040326004239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040326004239I), Mar 26, 2004: Bbavia 7GCBC (N31276), Roundup, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On 03/26/04 at approximately 0720, aircraft N31276 landed at Roundup, MT airport (rpx) and crashed. Investigation revealed that the right main landing…
- [Accident 19790419007009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790419007009A), Apr 19, 1979: Blanca 7GCBC (N31276), Longlake, SD, Substantial damage. Aircraft's left wing struck pickup truck after lift off in farm field.

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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