# Accident 19750808023189A: Blanca 8KCAB, Lake Tahoe, CA, August 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1975
- Place: Lake Tahoe, CA
- Airport: South Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 31 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DXQ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DXQ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750808023189A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT BRUSH. GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 OAK76DXQ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DXQ09), Aug 8, 1975: Bellanca 8KCAB (N8560V), Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage

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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