# Accident 19760904028199A: Blanca 8GCBC, West Bend, WI, September 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1976
- Place: West Bend, WI
- Airport: West Bend
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 43.4222° N, 88.1279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST BEND MUNI (ETB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4222&lon=-88.1279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88089, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88089-2019-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 865 total, 280 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DEP47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEP47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760904028199A

## Narrative

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

WINDOW OPENED,PLT DISTRACTED BY BLOWING PAPERS.

## 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 CHI76DEP47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEP47), Sep 4, 1976: Bellanca 8GCBC (N88089), West Bend, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N88089 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040623012209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040623012209A), Jun 23, 2004: Bbavia 8GCBC (N88089), Mankato, MN, Destroyed. (-23) Taxied to runway 22 and wind shifted to runway 33. Taxied into hold short for runway 33 and waited for landing aircraft. Announced for departure on 33,…

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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