19900128001159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7DC · El Paso, TX · January 28, 1990

Date
January 28, 1990 · 14:10 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Airport
West Texas Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4542E
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW90FA059
Reported as
Bbavia 7DC
Reported engine
Continental C858
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,254 total30 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on takeoff. Crash landed in gravel pit. Carburetor needle valve stuck,flooded engine. Ingniters fowled.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. CRASH LANDED IN GRAVEL PIT. CARBURETOR NEEDLE VALVE STUCK,FLOODED ENGINE. INGNITERS FOWLED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.