# Accident 19761226042479A: Blanca 7GCBC, Clovis, NM, December 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1976
- Place: Clovis, NM
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.4386° N, 103.1942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clovis, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4386&lon=-103.1942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86942, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86942-1977-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761226042479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.HAD GROUNDLOOP ACCT PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF DISEASE.

## 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 DEN77FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA014), Dec 26, 1976: Bellanca 7GCBC (N86942), Clovis, NM, 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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