# Accident 19790926024159A: Blanca 8GCBC, Wellington, CO, September 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Wellington, CO
- Airport: Waverly West
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6977° N, 105.0063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellington, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6977&lon=-105.0063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7871S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7871S-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,352 total, 328 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTE86](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE86) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790926024159A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN OVER BY GUSTY WIND ON LANDINGS.

## 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 DEN79FTE86](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE86), Sep 26, 1979: Bellanca 8GCBC (N7871S), Wellington, CO, destroyed

## Other reports on N7871S (1)

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

- [Accident 19891029043649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891029043649A), Oct 29, 1989: Bbavia 8GCBC (N7871S), Churchville, MD, Substantial damage. On touchdown saw plane landing opposite runway. Began go around, banked high to avoid. Wing hit pole. Nosed over.

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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