# Accident 19780704019089A: Blanca 7KCA/, Vanceboro, NC, July 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1978
- Place: Vanceboro, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.3031° N, 77.1567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vanceboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3031&lon=-77.1567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81452, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81452-1980-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704019089A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PLT CHECKING OUT NON-RATED PLT.STALLED IN CLIMB AFTER LOWS BY PARENTS HOME.

## 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 IAD78FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA076), Jul 4, 1978: Aeronca 7AC (N81452), Vanceboro, NC, 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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