# Accident 19780825021839A: Blanca 8KCA/, Ulmer, SC, August 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1978
- Place: Ulmer, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.1052° N, 81.2013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ulmer, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1052&lon=-81.2013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7686S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7686S-1980-09-23) (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: 961 total, 800 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLG33-202548) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825021839A

## Narrative

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

ACCELERATOR PUMP IN CARBURETOR DID NOT MOVE WITH THROTTLE MOVEMEN

## 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 MIA78FLG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLG33-202548), Aug 25, 1978: Bellanca 8GCBC (N7686S), Ulmer, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7686S (1)

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

- [Accident 19790817022189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790817022189A), Aug 17, 1979: Blanca 8GCBC (N7686S), Sycamore, SC, Destroyed. Stalled ag airplane during turn into spray field. Hit trees. Possible downdraft.

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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