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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7KCAB · Truckee, CA · December 20, 1980

Date
December 20, 1980 · 14:20 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee Tahoe
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9144L
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA023
Reported as
Bbavia 7KCAB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,025 total43 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Rolled to inverted flight on liftoff. Flew into runway inverted. Believed intended inverted climbout.

As the FAA filed it

ROLLED TO INVERTED FLIGHT ON LIFTOFF. FLEW INTO RUNWAY INVERTED. BELIEVED INTENDED INVERTED CLIMBOUT.

NTSB investigation

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