# Incident 19781015031829I: Blanca 7KCAB, Des Moines, IA, October 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1978, 12:45 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555DW-2000-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 12 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781015031829I

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPLIED FORWARD PRESSURE DURING PORPOISE ON LANDNG. DAMAGED THE PROP.

## Other reports on N555DW (2)

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

- [Incident 19790625016789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790625016789I), Jun 25, 1979: Blanca 7KCAB (N555DW), Maxwell, IA. Pilot seat tore loose during acrobatics. Seat back tube torn off at the pivot bolt hole.
- [Incident 19790128002989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790128002989I), Jan 28, 1979: Blanca 7KCAB (N555DW), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Pilot hit a snow ridge while taxiing to park, nosed up.

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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