# Accident 19760924033669A: Blanca 8KCAB, Las Vegas, NV, September 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1976
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53859, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53859-1976-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 169 total, 50 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760924033669A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK76AP071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP071), Sep 24, 1976: Bellanca Bkcab (N53859), Las Vegas, NV, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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