# Accident 19890706020249A: Bbavia 7GCBC, Kenai, AK, July 6, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1989, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88273, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88273) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 697 total, 624 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890706020249A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. BLAMED WINDSHEAR BUT WIND WAS LIGHT.

## 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 ANC89LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA116), Jul 6, 1989: Bellanca 7GCBC (N88273), Killey River, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO ASSURE SUFFICIENT ALT WAS OBTAINED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DOWNDRAFTS NEAR THE RIDGE LINE.

## Other reports on N88273 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840919072759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840919072759I), Sep 19, 1984: Bbavia 7GCBC (N88273), Anchorage, AK. Pilot neglected to check fuel gauges or duration of flight. Ran out of fuel. Landed float plane in cook inlet.

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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