# Accident 19760905032829A: Blanca 11AC, Hastings, MN, September 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1976
- Place: Hastings, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.7318° N, 92.8533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hastings, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7318&lon=-92.8533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3488E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3488E-1976-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 11AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 315 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760905032829A

## Narrative

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

FLT TO ASSIST IN RECOVERY OF MODEL ACFT.FLT OBSVD IN NEAR VERT BANK PRIOR TO DSCNT.

## 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 MKC76AK079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK079), Sep 5, 1976: Aeronca 11AC (N3488E), Hastings, MN, 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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