# Incident 19780729044339I: Blanca 7AC, Duluth, MN, July 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1978, 13:50 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: Pike Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7833° N, 92.1066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duluth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7833&lon=-92.1066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6212E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780729044339I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON LAKE IN NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. NOSE OF FLOATS STRUCK WATER, FLOATS WERE SLASHED BY PROPELLER.

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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