# Accident 19790106000419A: Blanca 8KCAB, Palo Alto, CA, January 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1979, 16:20 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2596Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2596Z-1997-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 399 total, 36 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FVM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVM09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790106000419A

## Narrative

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

TYPE DATA SHEET SHOWS 3 GALS UNUSABLE FUEL.3 GALS 8 OUNCES FUEL FOUND IN AIRPLANE AT ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 OAK79FVM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVM09), Jan 6, 1979: Bellanca 8KCAB (N2596Z), Palo Alto, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2596Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19960217001879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960217001879A), Feb 17, 1996: Bbavia 8KCAB (N2596Z), New River, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed during aerobatic practice in remote desert area. No anomalies found may have misjudged higher ground in area

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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