# Accident 19760825025519A: Blanca 11AC, Willits, CA, August 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1976
- Place: Willits, CA
- Airport: Ell Field-Willits
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 39.4050° N, 123.3489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willits, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4050&lon=-123.3489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9332E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9332E-2022-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 11AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,044 total, 1 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVD49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVD49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760825025519A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD NO CHECKOUT IN TYPE.

## 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 OAK76DVD49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVD49), Aug 25, 1976: Aeronca 11AC (N9332E), Willits, CA, 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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