# Accident 19760820028549A: Blanca 8KCAB, Redding, CA, August 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1976
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1JK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,235 total, 10 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVH04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVH04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760820028549A

## Narrative

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

UN MAKE RWY. LND ADJACENT IN UNPREPARED AREA.

## 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 OAK76DVH04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVH04), Aug 20, 1976: Bellanca 8KCAB (N1JK), Redding, 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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