# Accident 19780429007589A: Blanca 8KCAB, Simsbury, CT, April 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1978
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Airport: Simsbury
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.9162° N, 72.7769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIMSBURY (4B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9162&lon=-72.7769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9178L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9178L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 11 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNE20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429007589A

## 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 NYC78FNE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNE20), Apr 29, 1978: Bellanca 8KCAB (N9178L), Simsbury, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9178L (2)

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

- [Accident 19840614024279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840614024279A), Jun 14, 1984: Bbavia 8KCAB (N9178L), Mahaffey, PA, Substantial damage. Veered off the dirt runway when brakes were applied. Hit tall grass and rocks and overturned. Left brake hung up.
- [Accident 19750426008549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750426008549A), Apr 26, 1975: Blanca 8KCAB (N9178L), Simsbury, CT, Substantial damage. Leveled off high,stalled,landed hard prop dug in ground nosed over completely on back.

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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