# NTSB SEA77FA003: Bellanca 8KCAB, N11705, Billings, MT, October 21, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 21, 1976
- Place: Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 18, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 156011
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA77FA003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FA003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2956  76/10/21   BILLINGS,MT         BELLANCA 8KCAB      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 4140
        TIME - 1030                    N11705              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLAINS AIRSTRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BILLINGS,MT                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- AFTER T/O ACFT PULLED UP INTO A LOOP FROM WHICH THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALT TO RECOVER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11705](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11705-1977-01-13), registration cancelled 1977-01-13, S/N 25-72 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Blains Airstrip

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19761021036149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761021036149A), Oct 21, 1976: Blanca 8KCAB, Billings, MT, Destroyed. After t/o acft pulled up into a loop from which there was insufficient alt to recover.

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.

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