# Accident 19860502015709A: Bbavia 7KCAB, New Smyrna Beac, FL, May 2, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1986, 11:00 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90985, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90985-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA86LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860502015709A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT SNAGGED THE BANNER WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN SWAMP. SUSPECT INEXPERIENCED PILOT.

## 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 MIA86LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA141), May 2, 1986: Bellanca 7KCAB (N90985), New Smyrna Bch, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N90985 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890325004509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890325004509A), Mar 25, 1989: Bbavia 7KCAB (N90985), Daytona Bch Shr, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Made steep abrupt turn to reverse direction while towing a banner low offshore. Stalled into water, banner attached

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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