# Accident 19740328010849A: Blanca 7AC, Colony, KS, March 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1974
- Place: Colony, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.0728° N, 95.3622° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colony, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0728&lon=-95.3622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1864E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1864E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 16 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740328010849A

## Narrative

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

STEEP DNWND TURN AT LO ALT.INTENTIONS UNK.GUSTS TO 23KTS.

## 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 MKC74AK055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK055), Mar 28, 1974: Aeronca 7AC (N1864E), Colony, KS, 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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