# Incident 19790621016659I: Blanca 8KCAB, Seattle, WA, June 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N278ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N278ML-2015-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,460 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790621016659I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT REAR WINDOW PANEL BLOWN OUT DURING EXECUTION OF A CUBAN 8

## Other reports on N278ML (1)

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

- [Accident 19961214039359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961214039359A), Dec 14, 1996: Bbavia 8KCAB (N278ML), Eagle Point, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. CFI unable recover from inverted training spin. Student bailed out. CFI remained in seat. Aircraft over gross wt.

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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