# Accident 19910707026209A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Shoshone, CA, July 7, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1991, 07:15 local time
- Place: Shoshone, CA
- Airport: Shoshone Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9686° N, 116.2693° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOSHONE (L61), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9686&lon=-116.2693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29BB-2013-02-21) (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: 9,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910707026209A

## Narrative

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

FIRE ERUPTED UNDER RUDDER PEDALS ON UPWIND PATTERN. LANDED BUT LOST CONTROL. NOSED OVER. BATTERY CABLE SHORTED.

## 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 LAX91LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA293), Jul 7, 1991: Bellanca 8KCAB (N29BB), Shoshone, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OF THE BATTERY CABLE.

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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