# Accident 19780624018489A: Blanca 7KCA/, Mechanicsville, VA, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978
- Place: Mechanicsville, VA
- Airport: Hanover Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 37.6299° N, 77.3548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mechanicsville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6299&lon=-77.3548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68546-1982-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 816 total, 3 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FID09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FID09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624018489A

## Narrative

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

DISC IN CENTER OF RT MUFFLER SEPARATED FROM TUBE.

## 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 IAD78FID09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FID09), Jun 24, 1978: Bellanca 8KCAB (N68546), Mechanicsville, VA, destroyed

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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