# Accident 19780722026699A: Blanca 8KCA/, Lake Dallas, TX, July 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1978
- Place: Lake Dallas, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.1278° N, 97.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Dallas, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1278&lon=-97.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68513, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68513-2013-11-12) (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 8KCA/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,250 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780722026699A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 130MG .

## 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 FTW78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA062), Jul 22, 1978: Bellanca 8KCAB (N68513), Lake Dallas, TX, 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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