# Accident 19801220089939A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Truckee, CA, December 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1980, 14:20 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9144L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9144L-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,025 total, 43 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801220089939A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA023), Dec 20, 1980: Citabria 7KCAB (N9144L), Truckee, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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