# Accident 19790307011669A: Blanca 8KCAB, Queenstown, MD, March 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1979, 14:10 local time
- Place: Queenstown, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9867° N, 76.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Queenstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9867&lon=-76.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31278, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31278-1982-07-23) (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: 5,402 total, 0 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790307011669A

## Narrative

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

ENGAGED IN PRACTICE LOW LEVEL ACROBATICS,ATTEMPTED PULL OUT FROM VERTICAL DIVE TOO NEAR GROUND LEVEL.

## 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 IAD79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA038), Mar 7, 1979: Bellanca 8KCAB (N31278), Queenstown, MD, destroyed, 1 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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