# Accident 19961025033819A: Bbavia 8KCAB, North Canaan, CT, October 25, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1996, 17:24 local time
- Place: North Canaan, CT
- Airport: North Canaan Aviation Faciliti
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0454° N, 73.3387° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH CANAAN AVIATION FACILITIES INC (CT24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0454&lon=-73.3387&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2571Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2571Z-1999-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 543 total, 180 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961025033819A

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMBOUT BELEIVED SAW TRAFFIC. ABRUPT EVASIVE MANUEVER. STALLED ROLLED OVER AND CRASHED. NO TRAFFIC IN 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 IAD97LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA012), Oct 25, 1996: Bellanca 8KCAB (N2571Z), Sheffield, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's abrupt control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and subsequent in-flight collision with water.

## Other reports on N2571Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19800503044709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800503044709I), May 3, 1980: Bbavia 8KCAB (N2571Z), Plattsmouth, NE. Unscheduled landing made due to vibration from cracked propeller.

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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