# Accident 19730920034459A: Blanca 8KCAB, Charlottesvlle, VA, September 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1973
- Place: Charlottesvlle, VA
- Airport: Tiffany
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.0377° N, 78.4854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlottesville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0377&lon=-78.4854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90975, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90975) (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: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 3 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730920034459A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POST LAYING IN TALL GRASS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N90975 (1)

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

- [Incident 19871122078869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871122078869I), Nov 22, 1987: Bbavia 8KCAB (N90975), Ft Meade, MD, Minor damage. Struck a fire bottle on the main ramp as he began to taxi for takeoff.

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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