# Accident 19780529012229A: Blanca 7KCA/, Pray, MT, May 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1978
- Place: Pray, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 45.4169° N, 110.6481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pray, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4169&lon=-110.6481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8527, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8527-2018-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,457 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FTI21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTI21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780529012229A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED ACFT FLY TOWARD AREA OF STORM ACTIVITY.

## 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 SEA78FTI21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTI21), May 29, 1978: Bellanca 7KCAB (N8527), Pray, MT, destroyed, 2 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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