# Accident 19761021036149A: Blanca 8KCAB, Billings, MT, October 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1976
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Blains Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 45.7151° N, 108.5754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLAINS (63MT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7151&lon=-108.5754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11705, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11705-1977-01-13) (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: 4,140 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761021036149A

## Narrative

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

AFTER T/O ACFT PULLED UP INTO A LOOP FROM WHICH THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALT TO RECOVER.

## 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 SEA77FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FA003), Oct 21, 1976: Bellanca 8KCAB (N11705), Billings, MT, destroyed, 1 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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