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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · New Smyrna Beac, FL · May 2, 1997

Date
May 2, 1997 · 13:13 local
Place
New Smyrna Beac, FL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5057F
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA97FA152
Reported as
Bbavia 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO320E2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
22,500 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witness report engine missing. Stalled crashed from low level flight. Bogus mixture repiars. Pilot left suicide not (-23) aircraft observed flying low, turned upside down & crashed in wooded area. Witness indicated engine power loss. No corrective action: pilot fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESS REPORT ENGINE MISSING. STALLED CRASHED FROM LOW LEVEL FLIGHT. BOGUS MIXTURE REPIARS. PILOT LEFT SUICIDE NOT (-23) AIRCRAFT OBSERVED FLYING LOW, TURNED UPSIDE DOWN & CRASHED IN WOODED AREA. WITNESS INDICATED ENGINE POWER LOSS. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION: PILOT FATALLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.