# Accident 19780423007169A: Blanca 7ECA, Slaton, TX, April 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1978
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Airport: Slaton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 33.4848° N, 101.6610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4848&lon=-101.6610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10984, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10984-1991-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7ECA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 13 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FQG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423007169A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW78FQG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG25), Apr 23, 1978: Bellanca 7ECA (N10984), Slaton, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N10984 (1)

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

- [Accident 19820818039259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820818039259A), Aug 18, 1982: Bbavia 7ECA (N10984), Plano, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed for unknown reasons. There were no witnesses to the accident.

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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