# Accident 19780618036769A: Blanca 7KCA/, Santa Paula, CA, June 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1978
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.3470° N, 119.0616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA PAULA (SZP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3470&lon=-119.0616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68535, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68535-1980-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 391 total, 301 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780618036769A

## Narrative

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

ENG MISFIRED DURING TKOF.

## 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 LAX78FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA055), Jun 18, 1978: Bellanca 7GCBC (N68535), Santa Paula, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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