# Accident 19790729027889A: Blanca 7KCAB, Lawton, OK, July 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Lawton, OK
- Airport: Cunningham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6087° N, 98.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawton, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6087&lon=-98.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8509, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8509-2000-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 506 total, 290 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729027889A

## Narrative

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

LEFT LANDING GEAR ATTACH BOLTS BROKE DURING LANDING ROLL. ACFT HAD MADE REPEATED LANDINGS ON THE ROUGH FIELD..

## 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 FTW79DPJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ33), Jul 29, 1979: Bellanca 7KCAB (N8509), Lawton, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8509 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970918027189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970918027189A), Sep 18, 1997: Bbavia 7KCAB (N8509), Oakridge, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flying low 10-15 ft above the water, over Oakridge lake when it rolled and struck trees. Destroyed. Other circumsta (.4)the first pilot (commercial pilot and…

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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