# Accident 19780903043372A: Blanca 7KCA/, Anchorage, AK, September 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1978
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7696S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7696S-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780903043372A

## Narrative

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

DARK NIGHT. PILOT FAILED TO INSURE THAT ACFT CLEARANCE/COLLISION TS WERE ILLUMINATED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N757VU, Cessna A150K: [Accident 19780903043371A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780903043371A)

## 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 ANC78FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA074), Sep 3, 1978: Bellanca 7GCBC (N7696S), Anchorage, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N7696S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780728036879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728036879I), Jul 28, 1978: Blanca 7GCBC (N7696S), Homer, AK, Minor damage. Pilot aborted takeoff from a 600 foot strip. Ran into bushes and flipped over.

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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