# Accident 19770528023069A: Blanca 7KCA/, El Paso, TX, May 28, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1977
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: West Texas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4103Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4103Y-1977-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,845 total, 53 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FQD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770528023069A

## Narrative

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

AC PLACARDED OCCUPY FRONT SEAT WHEN FLYING SOLO,PLT IN REAR SEAT

## 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 FTW77FQD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQD19), May 28, 1977: Bellanca 7KCAB (N4103Y), El Paso, TX, destroyed, 1 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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