# Accident 19810802046959A: Bbavia 7ECA, Delavan, IL, August 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1981, 18:25 local time
- Place: Delavan, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3705° N, 89.5446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delavan, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3705&lon=-89.5446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86580, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86580-2013-05-15) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 121 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810802046959A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES VFR PILOT ENTERED CLOUDS IN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOST CONTROL. AIRPLANE NOT EQUIPPED FOR IMC.

## 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 CHI81FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA082), Aug 2, 1981: Bellanca 7ECA (N86580), Delevan, IL, 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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