# Accident 19811031071659A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Fairfield, MT, October 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1981, 17:20 local time
- Place: Fairfield, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6154° N, 111.9813° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6154&lon=-111.9813&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5542K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5542K-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 402 total, 9 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FTI04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTI04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811031071659A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON A FARM ROAD. OUTER PORTION OF WING WAS SHEARED OFF BY A GUY WIRE LOCATED ON EDGE OF ROAD.

## 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 DEN82FTI04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTI04), Oct 31, 1981: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5542K), Fairfield, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5542K (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120305002339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120305002339A), Mar 5, 2012: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5542K), Brockton, MT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 5, 2012 at 1556 mnt. A citabria 7GCBC, N5542K, registered to [privacy data omitted], collided with the ground at relatives home located 16 miles south…
- [Incident 19820615035589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820615035589I), Jun 15, 1982: Bbavia 7GCBC (N5542K), Roosevelt, UT, Minor damage. On touchdown, aircraft veered off runway, pilot aborted. Hit brush, rocks on ground roll. Subsequent landing normal

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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