# Accident 19780408020499A: Blanca 8KCA/, Willow, AK, April 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1978
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 61.7542° N, 150.0517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW (UUO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7542&lon=-150.0517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86922, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86922-1996-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 311 total, 90 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780408020499A

## Narrative

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

WATER PUDDLES ON ICE SURFACE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N86922 (2)

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

- [Accident 19951112042539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951112042539A), Nov 12, 1995: Bbavia 8GCBC (N86922), Yakutat, AK, Substantial damage. Encountered weather as forecast. Unable make airport. Tried land on beach. Wing hit water circling. Nosed over,sank
- [Accident 19840912071679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840912071679A), Sep 12, 1984: Bbavia 8GCBC (N86922), Kassan Peninsul, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot of float plane aborted takeoff on glassy water but float hit rocks causing aircraft to nose over.

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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