# Accident 19730414010779A: Blanca 7HC, La Jolla, CA, April 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1973
- Place: La Jolla, CA
- Airport: Torrey Pines
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 32.8897° N, 117.2469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TORREY PINES (CA84), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8897&lon=-117.2469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6356N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6356N-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 102 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73FUM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUM29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730414010779A

## Narrative

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

HIT TOW WINCH CABLE FROM RELEASED GLIDER IN AIR.PLT MADE IMPROPER GO ARND.WINCH OP DIDNT CUT CABLE

## 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 LAX73FUM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUM29), Apr 14, 1973: Champion 7GCBC (N6356N), La Jolla, CA, destroyed, 1 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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