# Accident 19770729026559A: Blanca 7GCB, Fort Yukon, AK, July 29, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1977
- Place: Fort Yukon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 66.5818° N, 145.2489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Yukon, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.5818&lon=-145.2489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8984R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8984R-1981-10-15) (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: 1,073 total, 1,060 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAA63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770729026559A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO RIVER.

## 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 ANC77DAA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAA63), Jul 29, 1977: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8984R), Fort Yukon, AK, substantial damage

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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