# Accident 19780511015639A: Blanca 11CC, Wasilla, AK, May 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1978
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wasilla Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 61.5720° N, 149.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASILLA (IYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5720&lon=-149.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4120E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4120E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11CC (registry code 0191110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11cc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 11CC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 50 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780511015639A

## 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 ANC78DAG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG50), May 11, 1978: Champion 11CC (N4120E), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4120E (1)

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

- [Incident 19820207003219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820207003219I), Feb 7, 1982: Bbavia 11CC (N4120E), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Skidded on glare ice during taxi after landing on frozen lake. Gear collapsed when it hit the dock.

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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