# Accident 19780915031419A: Blanca 7KCA/, Palouse, WA, September 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1978
- Place: Palouse, WA
- Airport: Hansen Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 46.9103° N, 117.0752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palouse, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9103&lon=-117.0752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68508, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,636 total, 35 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYP51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYP51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915031419A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 50K.

## 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 SEA78DYP51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYP51), Sep 15, 1978: Bellanca 7GCBC (N68508), Palouse, WA, destroyed

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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