# Accident 19740725025079A: Blanca 7AC, Clearwater, FL, July 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1974
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Exec
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 27.9772° N, 82.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEARWATER EXEC (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9772&lon=-82.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81588, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81588) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DLD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLD06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740725025079A

## Narrative

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

BENT TUBING ABOVE R LDG GR ATTACH PT.

## 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 MIA75DLD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLD06), Jul 25, 1974: Aeronca 7AC (N81588), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N81588 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780715044129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780715044129I), Jul 15, 1978: Blanca 7DC (N81588), Beaumont, KS, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control after landing when a brake locked up. Brake linings were oil soaked.

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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