# Accident 19800628024699A: Bbavia 7AC, Miami, FL, June 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83173, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83173) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 201 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800628024699A

## Narrative

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

POSSIBLE CONTROL INTERFERENCE BY PASSENGERS FOOT BLOCKING RUDDER. PILOT REPORTEDRUDDER BIND TURNING BASE.

## 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 MIA80FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA076), Jun 28, 1980: Aeronca 7AC (N83173), Miami, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N83173 (1)

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

- [Incident 20211009022419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211009022419I), Oct 9, 2021: Aeronca 7AC (N83173), Lagrange, GA, Minor damage. On October 9th, 2021 the pilot flew his Aeronca 7AC champ. The weather was VFR, and the aircraft fully fueled. Before departing the homebased of cco, the pilot…

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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