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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · Sturtevant, WI · July 29, 1985

Date: July 29, 1985 · 12:30 local
Place: Sturtevant, WI
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7809S
Reported as: Bbavia 8KCAB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7809SRegistered now · Bellanca 8KCABS/N 265-76 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBellanca 8KCAB Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Elevator control jammed shen harness caught on elevator cable. Stick boot not fastened to floor. Landed in a field.

As the FAA filed it

ELEVATOR CONTROL JAMMED SHEN HARNESS CAUGHT ON ELEVATOR CABLE. STICK BOOT NOT FASTENED TO FLOOR. LANDED IN A FIELD.