# Accident 19760512012229A: Blanca 7AC, New Market, VA, May 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1976
- Place: New Market, VA
- Airport: New Market
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.6560° N, 78.7085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW MARKET (8W2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6560&lon=-78.7085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83487, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83487) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,377 total, 5 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DIA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DIA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760512012229A

## Narrative

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

WINDS VARIABLE GUSTING 25K.

## 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 IAD76DIA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DIA11), May 12, 1976: Aeronca 7AC (N83487), New Market, VA, substantial damage

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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