# Accident 19910616021949A: Bbavia STC8, Rock Springs, WY, June 16, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1991, 12:25 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6139° N, 109.0135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6139&lon=-109.0135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2587K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA STC8
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA91LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910616021949A

## Narrative

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

WAS FERRYING AIRCRAFT FOR NON CURRENT NEW OWNER. ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE ON CLIMBOUT. ELECTED LAND OPEN AREA.

## 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 SEA91LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA134), Jun 16, 1991: Luscombe 8E (N2587K), Rock Springs, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION TO ATTEMPT FLIGHTS IN UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CODNITIONS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

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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