# Accident 19810614032299A: Bbavia 7ECA, Anahuac, TX, June 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Anahuac, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7652° N, 94.6785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anahuac, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7652&lon=-94.6785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53979, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53979-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 18 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810614032299A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OBSERVED IN LOW LEVEL FLIGHT AND MAKING ABRUPT PULL UP INTO STALL AND CRASHED INTO WATER.

## 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 FTW81FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA106), Jun 14, 1981: Bellanca 7ECA (N53979), Anahuac, TX, destroyed, 3 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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