# Accident 19730804022149A: Blanca 7ECA, Plano, TX, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Plano, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7553F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7553F-1976-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7ECA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,865 total, 2 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804022149A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM SOFT SURFACE WITH TALL GRASS.CARB AIR CLEANER CLOGGED BY GRASS,SEEDS.

## 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 FTW74FPA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA02), Aug 4, 1973: Champion 7ECA (N7553F), Plano, TX, 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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