# Accident 19791027034559A: Blanca 14193, Corona, CA, October 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8807R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8807R-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791027034559A

## Narrative

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

PILOT COULD NOT LOCATE AIRPORT BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY. CRASHED WITHIN ONE MILE OF AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX80FUG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG05), Oct 27, 1979: Bellanca 14-19 (N8807R), Corona, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8807R (1)

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

- [Accident 19830108000739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830108000739A), Jan 8, 1983: Blanca 14193 (N8807R), WA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft missing on flight between yakima, WA, to long beach, CA. Weather was marginal. VFR along route of flight. (-23 amendment) aircraft wreckage discovered…

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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