# Accident 19890403010499A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Manchester, NH, April 3, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1989, 14:30 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Airport: Manchester Airport-Grenier Indus
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9956° N, 71.4548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9956&lon=-71.4548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2520Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2520Z-2000-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,301 total, 449 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890403010499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LURCHED FORWARD AT FULL THROTTLE INTO 2 PARKED AIRCRAFT AFTER STARTING. BLAMES STRAP CAUGHT REAR THROTTLE.

## 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 NYC89LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA112), Apr 3, 1989: Champion 8KCAB (N2520Z), Manchester, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH A PARKED AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE INADVERTENT APPLICATION OF THE THROTTLE THAT TOOK PLACE AS THE PILOT WAS FASTENING THE OVER THE SHOULDER SAFETY HARNESS WHILE…

## Other reports on N2520Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20000318006711A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000318006711A), Mar 18, 2000: Bbavia 8KCAB (N2520Z), Erwinna, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Instructor and private pilot onboard decathalon N2520Z were on final approach to van sant airport (9N1) and were overtaken from behind and involved in…

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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