# Accident 19800711024979A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Duluth, MN, July 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1980, 20:20 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7833° N, 92.1066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duluth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7833&lon=-92.1066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2612Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2612Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,958 total, 98 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FER56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800711024979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT DO A COMPLETE PREFLIGHT. CONTROL WAS LOCKED ON TAKEOFF. PLANE CRASHED AFTER LIFTOFF FROM RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI80FER56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER56), Jul 11, 1980: Bellanca 7GCBC (N2612Z), Duluth, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2612Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19790524027529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524027529I), May 24, 1979: Blanca 7GCBC (N2612Z), Knife River, MN, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed over after aborting takeoff from wet sod field.

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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