# Accident 19740524015399A: Blanca 8KCAB, Scottsville, VA, May 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1974
- Place: Scottsville, VA
- Airport: Little Farm Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 37.8113° N, 78.4882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8113&lon=-78.4882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68559, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68559-1974-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 12 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI064-201508) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740524015399A

## Narrative

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

INVERTED FLT.INVERTED CLB ABT VERT ATTITUDE.BEGAN TAIL-SLIDE,ATMPT SPLIT-S OUT.ALT 3-500 FT AGL.

## 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 IAD74AI064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI064-201508), May 24, 1974: Bellanca 8KCAB (N68559), Scottsville, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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