# Accident 19770815042409A: Blanca 7AC, Elgin, IL, August 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1977
- Place: Elgin, IL
- Airport: Elgin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 42.0372° N, 88.2812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elgin, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0372&lon=-88.2812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84943, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84943-1991-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 5 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77DEE53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEE53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770815042409A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CHOCK ACFT BEFORE PROPPING. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO PA-32 N54675.

## 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 CHI77DEE53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEE53), Aug 15, 1977: Aeronca 7AC (N84943), Elgin, IL, 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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