# Accident 19740519013839A: Blanca 7AC, Lake City, AR, May 19, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1974
- Place: Lake City, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.8194° N, 90.4539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8194&lon=-90.4539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2998E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2998E) (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: 57 total, 57 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740519013839A

## Narrative

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

HIT CABLE ABOVE RIVER.

## 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 FTW74FPG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG62), May 19, 1974: Aeronca 7AC (N2998E), Lake City, AR, destroyed

## Other reports on N2998E (1)

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

- [Incident 20190921013429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190921013429I), Sep 21, 2019: Aeronca 7AC (N2998E), Beaufort, NC, Minor damage. Pilot landed in the grass parallel to runway 32 as is custom. Pilot landed on main wheels bounced and landed hard causing the RH main gear leg to collapse, and…

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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