# Accident 19790701024739A: Blanca 8GCBC, Alexander Lake, AK, July 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Alexander Lake, AK
- Airport: Alexander Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7317° N, 150.8683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Alexander Lake Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7317&lon=-150.8683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5051U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 39 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAH16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790701024739A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE HIT A SOFT SPOT ON THE RUNWAY. LEFT WING HIT A LOG ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC79DAH16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH16), Jul 1, 1979: Bellanca 8GCBC (N5051U), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

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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