# Accident 19790326028919A: Blanca 7GCBC, Ruby, AK, March 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Ruby, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7233° N, 155.5005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ruby, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7233&lon=-155.5005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5108X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5108X-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 115 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790326028919A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC79FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA041), Mar 26, 1979: Bellanca 7GCBC (N5108X), Ruby, AK, destroyed, 3 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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