# Accident 19780810024321A: Blanca 7GCBC, Ormond Beach, FL, August 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1978
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11699 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCBC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 528 in this make and model, 360 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLD70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810024321A

## Narrative

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

TOWING BANNER WITH N30400-AFTER DROPPING BANNERS ACFT COLLIDED WHPLEASURE FLYING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N30400, Piper J3C65: [Accident 19780810024322A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810024322A)

## 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 MIA78FLD70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD70), Aug 10, 1978: Bellanca 7GCBC (N11699), Ormond Beach, FL, 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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