# Accident 19760429010109A: Blanca 8KCAB, Sussex, NJ, April 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1976
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36435, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36435-1976-06-17) (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: 18,110 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FHA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHA28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760429010109A

## Narrative

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

FAILED ELEVATOR DOWN STOP PREVENTED MOVMENT OF CONTROL.

## 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 NYC76FHA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHA28), Apr 29, 1976: Bellanca 8KCAB (N36435), Sussex, NJ, destroyed

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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