# Incident 19800903086869I: Bbavia 7ECA, Elbert, TX, September 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Elbert, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2748° N, 99.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elbert, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2748&lon=-99.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8646, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8646-1984-07-11) (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: 3,700 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800903086869I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED. FOUND LOOSE FUEL CAP ALLOWING FUEL TO SIPHON OVERBOARD,

## Other reports on N8646 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840111000549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840111000549A), Jan 11, 1984: Bbavia 7ECA (N8646), Throckmorton, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed for unknown reasons during check out flight for pilot conducting low level pipeline patrol.

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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