# Accident 19810201002399A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Chandler, AZ, February 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1981, 12:01 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1642G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1642G) (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: 1,110 total, 2 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810201002399A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. APPLIED BRAKES. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## 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 LAX81DUJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ38), Feb 1, 1981: Bellanca 7KCAB (N1642G), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1642G (2)

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

- [Incident 19860920053649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860920053649I), Sep 20, 1986: Bbavia 7KCAB (N1642G), Chattanooga, OK, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed up while taxiing downwind causing minor damage to propeller and spinner.
- [Accident 19850720037579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850720037579A), Jul 20, 1985: Bbavia 7KCAB (N1642G), Chattanooga, OK, Substantial damage. While on rollout following glider tow flight aircraft ground looped.

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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