# Accident 19731008033229A: Blanca 7AC, Deer Park, NY, October 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1973
- Place: Deer Park, NY
- Airport: Deer Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 40.7600° N, 73.3100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Deer Park Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7600&lon=-73.3100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84624, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84624-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 152 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DHJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DHJ14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731008033229A

## Narrative

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

HAND CRANKING PROP ENG STARTED ACFT JUMPED CHOCKS STRUCK CAR.

## 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 NYC74DHJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DHJ14), Oct 8, 1973: Aeronca 7AC (N84624), Deer Park, NY, 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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