# Incident 19810104013649I: Bbavia 8GCBC, San Diego, CA, January 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1981, 12:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53917, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53917-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,034 total, 4 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/19810104013649I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER TOW PLANE SETTLED BACK ON RUNWAY FROM 20 FEET AT LIFT OFF. HIT HARD AND DAMAGED NOSE, WING TIP AND GEAR.

## Other reports on N53917 (2)

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

- [Accident 19871122066499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871122066499A), Nov 22, 1987: Bbavia 8GCBC (N53917), San Diego, CA, Destroyed. Loss of engine power. Towing a banner. Smoke in cockpit. Ditched in the ocean. Foreign object found in oil pump.
- [Incident 19841013061119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841013061119I), Oct 13, 1984: Bbavia 8GCBC (N53917), San Diego, CA. Power loss while towing large banner. Speculated fuel starvation due to angle of attack due to size of banner.

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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