# Accident 19780904025429A: Blanca 7KCA/, Stockton, CA, September 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1978
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 37.8944° N, 121.2387° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STOCKTON METRO (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8944&lon=-121.2387&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5273X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5273X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 10 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVD56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780904025429A

## Narrative

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

WINGS,GR,FUSELAGE,PROP DMGD.

## 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 OAK78DVD56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD56), Sep 4, 1978: Champion 7KCAB (N5273X), Stockton, CA, substantial damage

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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