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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 7GCBC · Ruby, AK · March 26, 1979

Date
March 26, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Ruby, AK
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5108X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79FA041
Reported as
Blanca 7GCBC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total115 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot with 2 psgrs departed into area of heavy snow showers. Flew into ground. Acft over gross weight.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WITH 2 PSGRS DEPARTED INTO AREA OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. FLEW INTO GROUND. ACFT OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.