# Accident 19730620019659A: Blanca 7GCBC, Grand Rapids, MN, June 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1973
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Location: 47.2385° N, 93.5326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2385&lon=-93.5326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8552, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8552) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,477 total, 48 in this make and model, 286 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DER69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DER69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730620019659A

## Narrative

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

SIMULATED EMGCY LDG TO LAKE,FLOAT EQPD ACFT IN R TURN OVR SWAMP.

## 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 MKC73DER69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DER69), Jun 20, 1973: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8552), Grand Rapids, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8552 (2)

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

- [Accident 19810712039959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810712039959A), Jul 12, 1981: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8552), Moline, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot executed sharp turn after takeoff. Aircraft stalled and crashed killing young boy on ground.
- [Incident 19790902033919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790902033919I), Sep 2, 1979: Bbavia 7GCBC (N8552), Moline, IL. Float filled with water, aircraft sank.

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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