# Accident 19810816050009A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Bonham, TX, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 00:00 local time
- Place: Bonham, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5879° N, 96.1905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bonham, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5879&lon=-96.1905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86702, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86702-2013-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,820 total, 112 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FPA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816050009A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED AREA. STALLED ON STEEP TURNING PULLUP. CRASHED THROUGH TREES INTO A LAKE. ENGINE CHECKED OK.

## 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 FTW81FPA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPA15), Aug 16, 1981: Bellanca 7KCAB (N86702), Bonham, TX, 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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