# Accident 19830801037409A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Panama City, FL, August 1, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1983, 11:34 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City Bay C
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1588° N, 85.6602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1588&lon=-85.6602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88477, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88477) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,425 total, 315 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830801037409A

## Narrative

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

STALLED ON A GO AROUND AFTER DROPPING A BANNER. BLAMED GUSTS FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 MIA83LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA194), Aug 1, 1983: Bellanca 8GCBC (N88477), Panama City, FL, 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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