# Accident 19890718023009A: Bbavia 7AC, Gueydan, LA, July 18, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1989, 18:40 local time
- Place: Gueydan, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0290° N, 92.5070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gueydan, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0290&lon=-92.5070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84865, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84865-1992-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890718023009A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AND ENTERED A SPIN DURING TURN TO FINAL FOR LANDING. NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT.

## 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 FTW89LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA140), Jul 18, 1989: Aeronca 7AC (N84865), Gueydan, LA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT SPIN ENTRY AT PATTERN ALTITUDE WHICH RESULTED IN GROUND COLLISION.

## Other reports on N84865 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810724047729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810724047729A), Jul 24, 1981: Bbavia 7AC (N84865), Bastrop, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed in rice field. Three persons in 2 place airplane. Pilot had been consuming alcohol.

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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