# Accident 19870726043839A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Happy Valley, AK, July 26, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1987, 01:00 local time
- Place: Happy Valley, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9472° N, 151.7322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Happy Valley, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9472&lon=-151.7322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5052C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5052C-1990-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 418 total, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC87LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870726043839A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A RIDGE. SUSPECT THE VFR PILOT ATTEMPTED FLIGHT IN IFR CONDITIONS. PILOT FATIGUE A FACTOR.

## 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 ANC87LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA113), Jul 26, 1987: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5052C), Happy Valley, AK, destroyed, 2 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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