# Accident 19791027032989A: Blanca 8KCAB, Chino Valley, AZ, October 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1979, 16:40 local time
- Place: Chino Valley, AZ
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7575° N, 112.4538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chino Valley, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7575&lon=-112.4538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5030F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 8KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,790 total, 0 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791027032989A

## Narrative

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

ACROBATIC DEMONSTRATION. PLT PUT ACFT INTO SPIN. FAILED TO RECOVER BEFORE GROUNDIMPACT. POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEM.

## 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 LAX80FUJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ05), Oct 27, 1979: Bellanca 8KCAB (N5030F), Chino Valley, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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