# Accident 19780618016209A: Blanca 8KCA/, Brady, TX, June 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1978
- Place: Brady, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 31.1154° N, 99.3459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brady, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1154&lon=-99.3459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5541K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5541K-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 26 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRG51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRG51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780618016209A

## Narrative

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

HIT GROUND DRG RECOVERY.FLT MANUAL STATES ACFT WILL LOSE 1000FT P TURNS OF A SPIN.

## 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 FTW78FRG51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRG51), Jun 18, 1978: Bellanca 8KCAB (N5541K), Brady, TX, destroyed, 1 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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