# Accident 19730513012789A: Blanca 7AC, Murray, KY, May 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1973
- Place: Murray, KY
- Airport: Brandon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 36.6142° N, 88.3221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murray, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6142&lon=-88.3221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81941, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81941-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,198 total, 101 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73FLQ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FLQ30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730513012789A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE COWL CAME OPEN DRG CLB AFTR TKOF.PILOT UN TO MAINTAIN FLT,DSCNDD INTO TREES.

## 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 IAD73FLQ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FLQ30), May 13, 1973: Aeronca 7AC (N81941), Murray, KY, substantial damage

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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