# Accident 19790402020549A: Blanca 8KCAB, Malibu, CA, April 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1979, 09:28 local time
- Place: Malibu, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0093° N, 118.7966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Malibu, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0093&lon=-118.7966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5501U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5501U-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB-180 (registry code 1220802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 388 total, 26 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790402020549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PRACTICING ACROBATIC FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WENT INTO GROUND IN VERTICAL DIVE.

## 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 LAX79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA038), Apr 2, 1979: Bellanca 8KCAB (N5501U), Malibu, CA, 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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