# Accident 19810418017659A: Bbavia 7GCBC, St Augustine, FL, April 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1981, 14:20 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5063K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5063K-1984-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 233 total, 50 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810418017659A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED MAKING BELOW TREE TOP PASSES AND STEEP REVERSAL TURNS IN AREA. MADE FATAL GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 MIA81FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA066), Apr 18, 1981: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5063K), St Augustine, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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