# Accident 19810725044889A: Bbavia 8KCAB, San Carlos, CA, July 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1981, 13:51 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4112Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4112Y-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC O320E1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 1 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725044889A

## Narrative

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

MADE ABRUBT PULLUP ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. STALLED, RECOVERED. STEEP TURN TO AVOID POWERLINES. STALLED AND SPUN IN.

## 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 LAX81FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA110), Jul 25, 1981: Bellanca 8KCAB (N4112Y), San Carlos, CA, 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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