# Accident 19810124001519A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Normandy Beach, NJ, January 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Normandy Beach, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0026° N, 74.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Normandy Beach, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0026&lon=-74.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9666S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9666S-1982-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 678 total, 678 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81DHD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHD11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810124001519A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED FLYING FIVE FEET ABOVE WATER. PONTOON STRUCK WAVE. AIRPLANE CARTWHEELED AND BROKE UP.

## 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 NYC81DHD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHD11), Jan 24, 1981: Champion 7GCBC (N9666S), Normandy Beach, NJ, destroyed

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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