# Accident 19790817022189A: Blanca 8GCBC, Sycamore, SC, August 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1979, 19:25 local time
- Place: Sycamore, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.0367° N, 81.2222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sycamore, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0367&lon=-81.2222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7686S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7686S-1980-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 450 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790817022189A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AG AIRPLANE DURING TURN INTO SPRAY FIELD. HIT TREES. POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT.

## 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 MIA79DLG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLG30), Aug 17, 1979: Bellanca 8GCBC (N7686S), Sycamore, SC, destroyed

## Other reports on N7686S (1)

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

- [Accident 19780825021839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825021839A), Aug 25, 1978: Blanca 8KCA/ (N7686S), Ulmer, SC, Substantial damage. Accelerator pump in carburetor did not move with throttle movemen

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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