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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7GCAA · Santa Ynez, CA · June 22, 1980

Date
June 22, 1980 · 10:27 local
Place
Santa Ynez, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N171WS
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA113
Reported as
Bbavia 7GCAA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
861 total2 in this make and model15 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.

Struck power lines suspended over a river valley at 40 feet above ground level.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK POWER LINES SUSPENDED OVER A RIVER VALLEY AT 40 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.