# Accident 19810404014129A: Bbavia 7ECA, Marathon, FL, April 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6367N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6367N-2018-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 505 total, 404 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FKT40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKT40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810404014129A

## Narrative

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

STALLED DURING LOW LEVEL ACROBATICS, CRASHED IN OCEAN. UNCONFIRMED REPORT ENGINE STOPPED ON PULL-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 MIA81FKT40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKT40), Apr 4, 1981: Champion 7ECA (N6367N), Marathon, FL, 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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