# Accident 19780704016399A: Blanca 8KCA/, Clearwater, FL, July 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1978
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Exec
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 27.9772° N, 82.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEARWATER EXEC (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9772&lon=-82.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7659S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7659S-1979-12-10) (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: 975 total, 36 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLD59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704016399A

## 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 MIA78FLD59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD59), Jul 4, 1978: Bellanca 8GCBC (N7659S), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage

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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