# Incident 19780107001509I: Blanca 8GCBC, Harrisburg, PA, January 7, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1978, 09:07 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2759° N, 76.8850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrisburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2759&lon=-76.8850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8781V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8781V-1984-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780107001509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD DUFFICULTY ON INSTRUMENT APPROACH, UNABLE TO HOLD HEADINGS. LANDED SAFELY ON FIFTH APPROACH.

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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