# Accident 19780515011149A: Blanca 7KCA/, Burnsville, NC, May 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1978
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.9163° N, 82.2978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burnsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9163&lon=-82.2978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68515, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68515) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,923 total, 300 in this make and model, 246 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DKM11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780515011149A

## Narrative

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

CAP SEARCH FOR DOWNED ACFT.LOOKING TO RIGHT IN LEFT TURN.

## 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 IAD78DKM11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM11), May 15, 1978: Aeronca 7ECA (N68515), Burnsville, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N68515 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820724043139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820724043139I), Jul 24, 1982: Bbavia 7ECA (N68515), Bessemer City, NC, Minor damage. Landing long,pilot guided aircraft off side of runway to avoid trees,aircraft struck underbrush and flipped over.

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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