# Accident 19910705026389A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Pomeroy, OH, July 5, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1991, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pomeroy, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0347° N, 82.0324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pomeroy, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0347&lon=-82.0324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68560, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68560-2006-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC IO320E1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910705026389A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL LOW ALTITUDE. SPUN INTO TREES. WASP AND BEES NEST IN AIRCRAFT. PILOT STUNG BY BEE. ALLERGIC BEE STING.

## 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 NYC91LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA172), Jul 5, 1991: Bellanca 8KCAB (N68560), Pomeroy, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN AFTER THE PILOT BECAME INCAPACITATED DUE TO AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STINGS. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO RECOGNIZE THE…

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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