# Accident 19751224040459A: Blanca 7HC, Woodstock, VA, December 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1975
- Place: Woodstock, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.8721° N, 78.5171° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodstock, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8721&lon=-78.5171&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53743-2013-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7HC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,352 total, 24 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FIA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FIA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751224040459A

## Narrative

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

IMPROPER STORAGE OF NAVIGATION KIT IN REAR SEAT. KIT BLOCKED REAR SEAT FLT CONTROL MOVEMENT.

## 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 IAD76FIA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FIA08), Dec 24, 1975: Bellanca 7KCAB (N53743), Woodstock, VA, 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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