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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · Ft Lauderdale, FL · October 21, 1980

Date
October 21, 1980 · 17:15 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N99AM
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81FA006
Reported as
Bbavia 8KCAB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Rolled inverted off shore at a low altitude. Dived into ocean from inverted position.

As the FAA filed it

ROLLED INVERTED OFF SHORE AT A LOW ALTITUDE. DIVED INTO OCEAN FROM INVERTED POSITION.

NTSB investigation

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