# Accident 19770504010309A: Blanca 8GCBC, Ferriday, LA, May 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1977
- Place: Ferriday, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 31.6342° N, 91.5562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ferriday, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6342&lon=-91.5562&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53828, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53828-2002-11-06) (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: 4,378 total, 27 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DRJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DRJ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770504010309A

## Narrative

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

PLT STATED HE DID NOT REMEMBER PUTTING MIXTURE IN RICH POSITION BEFORE DESCENDING.

## 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 FTW77DRJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DRJ06), May 4, 1977: Bellanca 8GCBC (N53828), Ferriday, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N53828 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020801017109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020801017109A), Aug 1, 2002: Bbavia 8GCBC (N53828), Fairbanks, AL, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 1, 2002, about 1700 Alaska daylight time, a tundra-tire equipped Bellanca 8GCBC airplane, N53828, sustained substantial damage during an…

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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