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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7AC · Santa Paula, CA · August 4, 1985

Date
August 4, 1985 · 13:30 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N85168
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA338
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A658
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
589 total400 in this make and model39 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.

Wing struck bushes, then aircraft impacted sandbar during a bank while flying low over the Santa clara river.

As the FAA filed it

WING STRUCK BUSHES, THEN AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SANDBAR DURING A BANK WHILE FLYING LOW OVER THE SANTA CLARA RIVER.

NTSB investigation

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