# Accident 19731223040459A: Blanca 7HC, Thomasville, NC, December 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1973
- Place: Thomasville, NC
- Airport: Fairgrove
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 35.8499° N, 80.0671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fairgrove Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8499&lon=-80.0671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8555E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8555E-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7HC (registry code 21101PN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7hc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 389 total, 12 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FKM31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKM31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731223040459A

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS AFTER LIFT OFF PLTS ATTN DIVERTED FM OUTSIDE ACFT TO INSIDE ACFT DRIFTED R HIT TREES.

## 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 IAD74FKM31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKM31), Dec 23, 1973: Champion 7HC (N8555E), Thomasville, NC, 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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