# Accident 19730705020399A: Blanca 7HC, Selbyville, DE, July 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1973
- Place: Selbyville, DE
- Airport: American Skyways
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.4609° N, 75.2056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Selbyville, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4609&lon=-75.2056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62970, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62970-2013-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,806 total, 1,806 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FHD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FHD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730705020399A

## Narrative

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

FUEL GASCOLATOR CONTAINED WATER,NO FUEL.FUEL DRUMS EXPOSED TO HEAVY RAINS.

## 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 IAD74FHD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FHD01), Jul 5, 1973: Bellanca 7GCBC (N62970), Selbyville, DE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N62970 (1)

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

- [Accident 20071005022529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071005022529A), Oct 5, 2007: Bbavia 7GCBC (N62970), Hoggard Mill, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On 10/05/2007 the airman briefed with his CFI for a local 1.0 hours VFR flight from kbge direct keuf direct kbge. A weather brief from flight service was…

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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