# Accident 19741027036529A: Blanca 7KCA*, Vacaville, CA, October 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1974
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Vacaville-Dixon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.3586° N, 121.9686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vacaville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3586&lon=-121.9686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86839, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86839-1974-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75AP016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741027036529A

## Narrative

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

PLT MILITARY RATED IN C-5A ACFT.STALLED FROM STEEP CLIMB,HIT GRND ON SPIN RECOVERY.

## 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 OAK75AP016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP016), Oct 27, 1974: Champion 7KCAB (N86839), Vacaville, CA, 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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