# Accident 19880510013759A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Elizabethton, TN, May 10, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1988, 13:55 local time
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Airport: Elizabethton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3292° N, 82.2306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3292&lon=-82.2306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8641V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8641V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,816 total, 597 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880510013759A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON A WIND GUST ON LANDING. TRIED TO GO AROUND. HIT SMALL HILL, LOST CONTROL AGAIN. CRASHED ON RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL88LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA170), May 10, 1988: Bellanca 8GCBC (N8641V), Elizabethton, TN, substantial damage

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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