# Accident 19810920080969A: Bbavia 11AC, Haines, AK, September 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1981
- Place: Haines, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.2605° N, 135.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haines, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2605&lon=-135.4726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86062, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86062-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810920080969A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED ON A RELATIVELY SHORT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO LOOK FOR MOOSE. BECAME MISSING. NO TRACE FOUND.

## 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 ANC81DA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA115), Sep 20, 1981: Aeronca 11AC (N86062), Haines, AK, 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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