# Accident 19760814026109A: Blanca 8KCAB, Acuff, TX, August 14, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1976
- Place: Acuff, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.5951° N, 101.6202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Acuff, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5951&lon=-101.6202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7639S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7639S-2020-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-320 series (registry code 41500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,165 total, 14 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FQG94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQG94) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760814026109A

## Narrative

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

HIT GRND DRG SPIN RECOVERY.

## 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 FTW76FQG94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQG94), Aug 14, 1976: Bellanca 8KCAB (N7639S), Acuff, TX, 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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