# Accident 19730204001779A: Blanca 7HC, Bath, NC, February 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1973
- Place: Bath, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.4722° N, 76.8110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bath, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4722&lon=-76.8110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75368, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75368-1973-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7BCM (registry code 2110106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 258 total, 108 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73ALV19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73ALV19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730204001779A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED FALLING LEAF MANEUVER ACFT ENTRD SPIN.HIT TREES DRG RECOVERY.

## 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 NYC73ALV19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73ALV19), Feb 4, 1973: Aeronca 7DC (N75368), Bath, NC, destroyed

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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