# Accident 20050828020959A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Destin, FL, August 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2005, 11:15 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4061° N, 86.8289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4061&lon=-86.8289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88432, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88432-2008-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050828020959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND WITNESS STATED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ENGINE QUIT WHILE BANNER TOWING OVER DESTIN, FL BEACH AREA. PILOT RELEASED BANNER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN GULF OF MEXICO, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OFF SHORE. PILOT SWAM TO SAFETY, NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE IN WATER DUE TO EXTREMELY STRONG CURRENTS. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN.

## 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 ATL05CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA155), Aug 28, 2005: Bellanca 8GCBC (N88432), Destin, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N88432 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780219002659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780219002659A), Feb 19, 1978: Blanca 8GCBC (N88432), Baker, KY, Substantial damage. Pilot landed with park brk on.a/c slid 100FT before nosing over.

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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