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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7KCAB · Ojai, CA · February 19, 1990

Date
February 19, 1990 · 14:30 local
Place
Ojai, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5156T
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90FA094
Reported as
Bbavia 7KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320E2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
335 total17 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.

Crashed into trees and burned near top of a mountain. Impacted trees in inverted flight during acrobatic maneuvers.

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED INTO TREES AND BURNED NEAR TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. IMPACTED TREES IN INVERTED FLIGHT DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS.

NTSB investigation

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