# Accident 19740127002829A: Blanca 7GCBC, Hammond, MT, January 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1974
- Place: Hammond, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.2255° N, 104.9180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2255&lon=-104.9180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8542, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8542-1974-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740127002829A

## Narrative

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

COYOTE HUNTING. RECOVERY DATE 1/28/74.

## 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 SEA74AS032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS032), Jan 27, 1974: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8542), Hammond, MT, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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