# Accident 19740728021929A: Blanca 7GCBC, Archdale, NC, July 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1974
- Place: Archdale, NC
- Airport: Darr Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.9069° N, 79.9898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DARR FLD (NC03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9069&lon=-79.9898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8953, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8953-1974-08-26) (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: 12,825 total, 45 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740728021929A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOT EQPD WITH INVERTED FUEL SYS-LVLD OFF ABT 200FT,ROLLED L NOSE PITCHED UP THEN FELL THRU.

## 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 IAD75AI004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI004), Jul 28, 1974: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8953), Archdale, NC, 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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