# Accident 19730708020609A: Blanca 7HC, Kershaw, SC, July 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1973
- Place: Kershaw, SC
- Airport: Kershaw
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 34.5433° N, 80.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kershaw, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5433&lon=-80.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82561 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730708020609A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STALLED IN STEEP TURN TO OPEN FLD. DMG PRECLUDED REASON FOR ENG FAILURE.

## 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 MIA74AM001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM001), Jul 8, 1973: Aeronca 7AC (N82561), Kershaw, SC, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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