# Accident 19730419009069A: Blanca 7HC, Santa Cruz, CA, April 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1973
- Place: Santa Cruz, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 36.9744° N, 122.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Cruz, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9744&lon=-122.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90970, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90970-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,615 total, 410 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730419009069A

## Narrative

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

DEMONSTRATED PWR OFF FULL FLAP APCH,GUSTING TO 4OK. R WG HIT FENCE POST.

## 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 OAK73DVM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM29), Apr 19, 1973: Bellanca 7GCBC (N90970), Santa Cruz, 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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