# Accident 19800629025439A: Bbavia 7GCAA, St Petersburg, FL, June 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1980, 11:45 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8370V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,051 total, 704 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800629025439A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT AFTER BANNER PICK UP. DROPPED BANNER TOO LATE. AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND.

## 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 MIA80DLD71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD71), Jun 29, 1980: Bellanca 7GCAA (N8370V), St.Petersburg, FL, substantial damage

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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