# Accident 19940122000779A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Pontotoc, MS, January 22, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1994, 16:15 local time
- Place: Pontotoc, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2401° N, 89.0003° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2401&lon=-89.0003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88255, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88255-1997-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC IO320E1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,352 total, 25 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940122000779A

## Narrative

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

DIVED INTO TREES AT HIGH POWER AND HIGH SPEED. WITNESSES HEARD POWER DIVES. PARACHUTE AND BELTS FOR ACROBATICS.

## 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 MIA94FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FA058), Jan 22, 1994: Bellanca 8KCAB (N88255), Pontotoc, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WHILE MANUEVERING RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDING WITH TREES AND THEN THE GROUND.

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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