# Accident 19780614013489A: Blanca 7EC, Waverly, LA, June 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1978
- Place: Waverly, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.4463° N, 91.4115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waverly, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4463&lon=-91.4115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9849Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9849Y-2009-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7EC (registry code 21101NM, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7EC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 20 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780614013489A

## 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 FTW78FRJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ22), Jun 14, 1978: Champion 7EC (N9849Y), Waverly, LA, destroyed

## Other reports on N9849Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19780514033499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780514033499I), May 14, 1978: Blanca 7EC (N9849Y), Monroe, LA, Minor damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to strike runway light on takeoff.

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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