# Accident 19800804037399A: Bbavia 7GCBC, San Luis Obispo, CA, August 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1980, 16:45 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2662° N, 120.6684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Luis Obispo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2662&lon=-120.6684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11867, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11867-1999-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,411 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 382 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVM38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800804037399A

## Narrative

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

EARLY FUEL EXHAUSTION FROM FUEL SIPHONING FROM IMPROPERLY SECURED VENT CAP. OVERSHOT EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

## 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 LAX80DVM38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM38), Aug 4, 1980: Bellanca 7GCBC (N11867), Sn Luis Obspo, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N11867 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980513009039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980513009039A), May 13, 1998: Bbavia 7GCBC (N11867), Gorman, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Ground witinesses observed the aircraft flying uphill in mountainous terrain below the clouds at an estimated 100-200 feet above the ground in a northerly…

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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