# Accident 19800622022279A: Bbavia 7GCAA, Santa Ynez, CA, June 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1980, 10:27 local time
- Place: Santa Ynez, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6175° N, 120.0964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ynez, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6175&lon=-120.0964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N171WS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N171WS-1982-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCAA (registry code 1220501, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 861 total, 2 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800622022279A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA113), Jun 22, 1980: Bellanca 7GCAA (N171WS), Santa Ynez, CA, 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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