# Accident 19730814025829A: Blanca 7GCBC, Seminole, OK, August 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1973
- Place: Seminole, OK
- Airport: Seminole Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 35.2745° N, 96.6754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEMINOLE MUNI (SRE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2745&lon=-96.6754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5242X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5242X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,046 total, 668 in this make and model, 273 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DPJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPJ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730814025829A

## Narrative

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

PLT PROPPED ENG,STARTER INOP.ENG STARTED,ACFT JUMPED CHOCKS,STRUCK POLE AND HANGAR.

## 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 FTW74DPJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPJ07), Aug 14, 1973: Champion 7GCBC (N5242X), Seminole, OK, 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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