# Accident 19730331007139A: Blanca 7HC, Furnace Crk, CA, March 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1973
- Place: Furnace Crk, CA
- Airport: Stove Pipe Wells
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 36.6038° N, 117.1592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STOVEPIPE WELLS (L09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6038&lon=-117.1592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8508, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8508-1973-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 40 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730331007139A

## Narrative

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

OVERSHOT SPOT LDG.LOST CTL IN STEEP L CLIMBING TURN.

## 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 OAK73AP032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP032), Mar 31, 1973: Champion 7GCBC (N8508), Furnace Crk, CA, destroyed, 2 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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