# Accident 19770804024529A: Blanca 7KCA/, Shirley, NY, August 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1977
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6336N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6336N-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,483 total, 50 in this make and model, 301 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FHJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHJ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770804024529A

## Narrative

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

AC TOWING A GLIDER.AC ENTERED STEEP BANK WHILE STILL TOWING GLIDER.PILOT DID NOT RELEASE GLIDER.

## 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 NYC77FHJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHJ33), Aug 4, 1977: Champion 7GCAA (N6336N), Shirley, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6336N (1)

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

- [Accident 19770305004579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770305004579A), Mar 5, 1977: Blanca 7GCAA (N6336N), Islip, NY, Substantial damage. L main lndg gr broke. Sfc depression appeard to be the result of a previous object strike.

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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