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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 11AC · Elizabeth, PA · February 15, 1981

Date
February 15, 1981 · 13:05 local
Place
Elizabeth, PA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3769E
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FGM11
Reported as
Bbavia 11AC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
435 total45 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Struck wires during sight-seeing flight. Airplane stalled into wooded area.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES DURING SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT. AIRPLANE STALLED INTO WOODED AREA.

NTSB investigation

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