# Accident 19770506011009A: Blanca 7AC, Waunakee, WI, May 6, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1977
- Place: Waunakee, WI
- Airport: Waunakee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 43.1787° N, 89.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUNAKEE (6P3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1787&lon=-89.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1162E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1162E) (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: 4,104 total, 124 in this make and model, 222 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77DEP34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEP34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770506011009A

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED ENGINE WITH NO ONE IN PLANE.

## 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 CHI77DEP34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEP34), May 6, 1977: Aeronca 7AC (N1162E), Waunakee, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1162E (1)

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

- [Incident 19950708023109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950708023109I), Jul 8, 1995: Bbavia 7AC (N1162E), Cambridge, OH, Minor damage. Landed off runway center. Tried correct. Over corrected. Ran into a ditch. Blamed crosswind gusts.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.