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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Millbridge, ME · August 25, 1980

Date
August 25, 1980 · 17:15 local
Place
Millbridge, ME
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N11685
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FNC43
Reported as
Bbavia 7ECA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total100 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engaged in low level formation flight over ocean for photo work, pilot allowed airplane to fly into water in a turn

As the FAA filed it

ENGAGED IN LOW LEVEL FORMATION FLIGHT OVER OCEAN FOR PHOTO WORK, PILOT ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO FLY INTO WATER IN A TURN

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.