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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 7GCBC · Seward, AK · July 30, 1979

Date
July 30, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Seward, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8745
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DAG80
Reported as
Blanca 7GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total363 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine stopped during fish spotting. Landed in water, hit rocks, acft flipped oved, burned and sank. Cause unknown

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED DURING FISH SPOTTING. LANDED IN WATER, HIT ROCKS, ACFT FLIPPED OVED, BURNED AND SANK. CAUSE UNKNOWN

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.