# Accident 19900611019839A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Pocatello, ID, June 11, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1990, 16:20 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8997° N, 112.3897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8997&lon=-112.3897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1877G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1877G-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC IO320E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,188 total, 450 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900611019839A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH GROUND WHILE CONTOUR FLYING OVER RIVER. PRIOR FLIGHTS AT 10 FEET AGL. WAS OVERGROSS AND AFT OF CG.

## 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 SEA90FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA100), Jun 11, 1990: Champion 7KCAB (N1877G), Pocatello, ID, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE INSTRUCTOR PILOTS POOR JUDGEMENT IN PERFORMING LOW ALTITUDE STEEP TURN MANEUVERS RESULTING IN AN INADVERTANT STALL AT AN ALTITUDE TOO LOW FOR RECOVERY. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE OVER GROSS…

## Other reports on N1877G (1)

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

- [Accident 19810519027089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810519027089A), May 19, 1981: Bbavia 7KCAB (N1877G), Chico, CA, Substantial damage. Failed to clear engine on simulated emergency landing. Engine did not respond for go-around. Hit rice leveel.

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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