# Accident 19781022033269A: Blanca 8KCA/, Los Alamos, CA, October 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1978
- Place: Los Alamos, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.7418° N, 120.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Alamos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7418&lon=-120.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76KF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76KF) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 182 total, 0 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUQ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781022033269A

## 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 LAX79FUQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUQ05), Oct 22, 1978: Bellanca 8KCAB (N76KF), Los Alamos, CA, substantial damage

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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