# Accident 19730313006519A: Blanca 7ACA, Redding, CA, March 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1973
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Sky Ranch Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.5865° N, 122.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redding, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5865&lon=-122.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68507, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68507) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ACA (registry code 1220438, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7aca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7ACA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 369 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730313006519A

## Narrative

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

PLUGS BADLY FOULED.LNDD ON X-WIND RWY.

## 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 OAK73DVG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVG52), Mar 13, 1973: Bellanca 7ACA (N68507), Redding, CA, 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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