# Accident 19730804024159A: Blanca 11BC, Port Aransas, TX, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 27.8209° N, 97.0892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Aransas, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8209&lon=-97.0892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86235, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86235-1973-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 11BC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 182 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804024159A

## Narrative

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

LO ALT MANEUVERING TO CK FENCE AND CATTLE.

## 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 FTW74DRG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG10), Aug 4, 1973: Aeronca 11AC (N86235), Port Aransas, 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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