# Accident 19780816032109A: Blanca 7KCA/, Toledo, IA, August 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1978
- Place: Toledo, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 41.9902° N, 92.5803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9902&lon=-92.5803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83659, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83659-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7BCM (registry code 2110106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 60 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCD44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780816032109A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OVER GW IN EXCESS OF 70LBS. APPROX 1TSP FULL OF FOREIGN MATTOUND IN CARB BOWL.

## 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 MKC78FCD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCD44), Aug 16, 1978: Aeronca 7BCM (N83659), Toledo, IA, 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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