# Accident 19761024039929A: Blanca 7GCB, Chaska, MN, October 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1976
- Place: Chaska, MN
- Airport: Piersons Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 44.8167° N, 93.6102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chaska, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8167&lon=-93.6102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8992R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8992R-1981-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCB (registry code 21101PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 307 total, 91 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FER04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FER04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761024039929A

## Narrative

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

DIR CTL LOST DRG LAKE TKOF,WATER IN LEFT FLOAT.NOSED OVR DRG STEP TAXI BACK TO SHORE.

## 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 MKC77FER04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FER04), Oct 24, 1976: Champion 7GCB (N8992R), Chaska, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8992R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810704045679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810704045679A), Jul 4, 1981: Bbavia 7GCB (N8992R), Viking, MN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Made steep pull from farm road takeoff, stalled, near vertical dive to ground impact.

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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