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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · Saluda, VA · September 15, 1983

Date
September 15, 1983 · 13:45 local
Place
Saluda, VA
Airport
Hummel Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5070N
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL83LA371
Reported as
Bbavia 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO360H1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total70 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Too slow and flared too high for gusty surface wind. Aircraft weathered vaned and stalled. Cart wheeled on impact.

As the FAA filed it

TOO SLOW AND FLARED TOO HIGH FOR GUSTY SURFACE WIND. AIRCRAFT WEATHERED VANED AND STALLED. CART WHEELED ON IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.