# Accident 19770714029309A: Blanca 7KCA/, Elberta, AL, July 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1977
- Place: Elberta, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.3736° N, 87.5959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elberta, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3736&lon=-87.5959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87045, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87045-1982-01-05) (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: 491 total, 89 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770714029309A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LAST OBSERVED DECENDING & TURNING TOWARDS A THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 MIA77FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA067), Jul 14, 1977: Bellanca 7KCAB (N87045), Elberta, AL, 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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