# Accident 19781012035769A: Blanca 8KCA/, Palo Alto, CA, October 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1978
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88321, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88321-2017-02-04) (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: 162 total, 15 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781012035769A

## 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 OAK79FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA002), Oct 12, 1978: Bellanca 8KCAB (N88321), Palo Alto, CA, 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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