# Accident 19750729021889A: Blanca 8GCBC, Courtland, AL, July 29, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1975
- Place: Courtland, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.6699° N, 87.3279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Courtland, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6699&lon=-87.3279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8590V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8590V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C1A (registry code 42280, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 422 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DKJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKJ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750729021889A

## Narrative

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

DID NOT SEE PWR LINE UNTIL ACFT WAS APRX 100-150FT FM THEM.ATMTD GO UNDER WHEELS GOT IN COTTON.

## 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 MIA76DKJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKJ07), Jul 29, 1975: Bellanca 8GCBC (N8590V), Courtland, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8590V (1)

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

- [Incident 19820401013179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820401013179I), Apr 1, 1982: Bbavia 8GCBC (N8590V), Rumford, ME, Minor damage. Ski-equippted airplane slid toward hole in ice while taxiing on frozen river. Tired to jump hole, ski hit ice lip.

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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