# Accident 19730923029519A: Blanca 7AC, South Hill, VA, September 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1973
- Place: South Hill, VA
- Airport: South Hill Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 36.7257° N, 78.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Hill, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7257&lon=-78.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2904E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2904E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 401 total, 129 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FID16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730923029519A

## Narrative

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

NO CHOCKS OR TIE-DWN ROPES.BRIEFED PAX RE START,ENG CAUGHT PAX JAMMED THROTTLE OPEN CLBD 50-75FT.

## 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 IAD74FID16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID16), Sep 23, 1973: Aeronca 7AC (N2904E), South Hill, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2904E (1)

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

- [Incident 19880309014509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880309014509I), Mar 9, 1988: Bbavia 7AC (N2904E), Santa Paula, CA, Substantial damage. Student lost control on landing. Tried to go around but ran off end of runway. Crashed in riverbed. CFI deficient.

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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