# Accident 19740729025139A: Blanca 7GCB, Kodiak, AK, July 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1974
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8987R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8987R-1974-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCB (registry code 21101PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total, 24 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75DAG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740729025139A

## Narrative

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

TAKE OFF WAS FROM LAKE ON FLOATS.

## 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 ANC75DAG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG11), Jul 29, 1974: Bellanca 7GCB (N8987R), Kodiak, AK, destroyed

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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