# Accident 19800622022479A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Clifton, IL, June 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Clifton, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9347° N, 87.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clifton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9347&lon=-87.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4PM-1983-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 217 total, 25 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800622022479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING TOO LOW HIT TREE AND GROUND. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 CHI80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA049), Jun 22, 1980: Bellanca 8KCAB (N4PM), Clifton, IL, 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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