# Accident 19730608016019A: Blanca 7ECA, Lockport, IL, June 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1973
- Place: Lockport, IL
- Airport: Lewis-Lockport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 41.5908° N, 88.0325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lockport, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5908&lon=-88.0325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90977, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90977-1984-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7ECA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 389 total, 20 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEE64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEE64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730608016019A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RWY TOWARD WIND TEE,STUDENT HIT BRAKES HARD.IP ATMTG SALVAGE BOUNCED LDG.

## 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 CHI73FEE64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEE64), Jun 8, 1973: Bellanca 7ECA (N90977), Lockport, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N90977 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820619023369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820619023369A), Jun 19, 1982: Bbavia 7ECA (N90977), Fairfield, IL, Destroyed. Airplane dived into ground from a low altitude. Crashed on employers farm. Possible pilot error or incapacitation.

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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