# Accident 19740803025239A: Blanca 7GCAA, Asbury Park, NJ, August 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1974
- Place: Asbury Park, NJ
- Airport: Asbury Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.2229° N, 74.0102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asbury Park, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2229&lon=-74.0102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5249X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5249X-2013-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCAA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 20 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75DHM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740803025239A

## Narrative

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

REGAINED CTL TURNED BACK TO RWY.LOST CTL AGAIN DPTD R SIDE.PLT ATMTD GET AIRBORNE GR HIT EMBKMNT.

## 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 NYC75DHM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHM05), Aug 3, 1974: Champion 7GCAA (N5249X), Asbury Park, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5249X (1)

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

- [Incident 19800831066019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800831066019I), Aug 31, 1980: Bbavia 7GCAA (N5249X), Long Island, NY, Minor damage. Pilot landing on beach to remove a banner he had been towing was upset by a wind gust and crashed.

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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