# Incident 19830724042309I: Bbavia 7KCAB, Otisville, MI, July 24, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1983, 19:30 local time
- Place: Otisville, MI
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1653° N, 83.5253° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Otisville, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1653&lon=-83.5253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53820, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53820) (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: 800 total, 475 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830724042309I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. A BUG HAD PLUGGED THE FUEL TANK VENT, CAUSED FUEL STARVATION.

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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