# Accident 19800825037549A: Bbavia 7ECA, Millbridge, ME, August 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Millbridge, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N11685, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11685-1980-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNC43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825037549A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC80FNC43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC43), Aug 25, 1980: Bellanca 7ECA (N11685), Milbridge, ME, destroyed

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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