# Accident 19790920027839A: Blanca 8GCBC, Old Harbor, AK, September 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1979, 12:01 local time
- Place: Old Harbor, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 57.2186° N, 153.3278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Harbor, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.2186&lon=-153.3278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86932, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86932-1983-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 298 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790920027839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON GLASSY WATER. AIRCRAFT SWERVED AND SETTLED ON ITS LEFT SIDE INTO THE WATER.

## 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 ANC79DA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DA095), Sep 20, 1979: Bellanca 8GCBC (N86932), Old Harbor, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N86932 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740701024249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740701024249A), Jul 1, 1974: Blanca 8GCBC (N86932), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. Lnd on beach,tail high. Ran into lge puddle.

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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