# Accident 19840808070329A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Navarre, FL, August 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1984, 11:10 local time
- Place: Navarre, FL
- Airport: Ft Walton Beach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4063° N, 86.8292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WALTON BEACH (1J9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4063&lon=-86.8292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50402 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,902 total, 1,561 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840808070329A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AFTER A LOW PASS TO PICKUP A BANNER. TOW LINE HOOK HAD MISSED THE BANNER ROPE. NOSE DOWN VERTICAL IMPACT.

## 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 MIA84FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA225), Aug 8, 1984: Bellanca 8GCBC (N50402), Navarre, FL, destroyed, 1 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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